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Here is my guess. The author is most likely younger than you and I. And has never experienced the instant response of analog.

>>bombel+(OP)
It's so weird watching the era you grew up in fade into oblivion then return as an aesthetic.

>>bombel+(OP)
Do you think the TVs before that were digital or hydraulic? Or what does the world "analog" mean in this context?

>>bombel+(OP)
Creator here. I add the static to mask the video buffering ( since each channel change triggers a video load ) I'm flattered though that you think of me as young. I very much was a child of the '80's :D

>>jojoha+Ti
You could add a "high bandwidth & low latency" mode, where when active, you load the current video + the next one. So when the user goes to the next channel, it's already playing but muted and not visible, and you start playing the next-next channel hidden again :)

>>tgv+oc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_transmission

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television

>>krapp+HV
That doesn't explain a thing. The "static" came from weak signals or not tuning properly. Before digital TVs were a thing, analog TVs already had digital tuners, and suppressed the display while switching channels. Analog TVs are not synonymous with static while changing channel.