Young Sheldon S01e19 — H264

George Sr. looked at Mary. “He’s inventing new TV formats now?”

Sheldon Cooper, age nine, sat cross-legged in front of the family’s bulky RCA television. In his lap was a spiral notebook filled with equations about digital compression algorithms—something no one in Medford had ever heard of. He’d just finished watching a taped broadcast of NOVA on PBS, recorded by his Meemaw on a mysterious new device called a “VCR.” young sheldon s01e19 h264

Sheldon beamed. “Exactly. I’ve compressed reality itself into something better than reality. I call it… the Cooper Codec .” George Sr

“It’s not existential, Mother. It’s technological.” He pointed at the TV. “That episode we recorded—‘The Case of the Cosmic Microwave Background’—I’ve watched it fourteen times. And each time, I notice artifacts. Blocking in the dark areas. Motion judder during the professor’s hand gestures.” In his lap was a spiral notebook filled

Mary sighed. “Just eat your breakfast, George.”