# Sharp Quattron Commercial with George Takei **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587 "2010-03-24T05:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/1 "2010-03-24T05:00:32Z")
Has anyone else seen this commercial? (linked [here](http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Quattron-Aquos-LED-HDTV,news-6228.html)) I crack up every time George Takei says “Oh my!” ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/2 "2010-03-24T07:38:43Z")
I like it. Maybe George is trying to make “Oh my” his catch phrase. But I don’t understand the science. Doesn’t mixing red and green make yellow? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/3 "2010-03-24T08:49:10Z")
Best use of George Tekai ever. He’s so cool now that he’s openly gay and unabashedly creepy in his own special way. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/4 "2010-03-24T10:01:44Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > I like it. Maybe George is trying to make “Oh my” his catch phrase. > > But I don’t understand the science. Doesn’t mixing red and green make yellow? Mixing red and green makes a limited range of yellows. If you look at the top diagram on [this page,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut) you can see that yellow is on the short side of the triangle representing the gamut of colours reproducible in RGB. Adding a source of yellow to that would stretch the gamut to include a range of colours nearer to what we can see. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/5 "2010-03-24T12:01:00Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > Maybe George is trying to make “Oh my” his catch phrase. It already is, isn’t it? I think he’s been known for that phrase for a while. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/6 "2010-03-24T13:53:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It already is, isn’t it? I think he’s been known for that phrase for a while. Well, either that, or “Helllloooooooo!” ala Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/7 "2010-03-24T14:38:39Z")
I don’t understand how color is recorded or broadcast that the fourth color is useful. I thought most things were recorded digitally and most cameras only had RGB to record with. Then I figured only RGB coordinates were broadcast. It seems to make the fourth color useful, all of those steps would have to include the fourth color. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/8 "2010-03-24T14:45:19Z")
I am doubtful of Quatron technology. But, I love Takei. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/9 "2010-03-24T15:41:31Z")
That hair dye job looks like an attempt to get the viewer laughing at him even before he gets silly. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharp-quattron-commercial-with-george-takei/533587/10 "2010-03-24T16:18:50Z")
While it’s not as funny as the “sweaty basketball players” bit, I do like this commercial.