Bye bye Teletext

[expat]

On the one hand I am quite sorry to hear of its demise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8154022.stm

But then again I haven't used it for years since the internet took off.



It just makes me feel old because I remember when it was new.

My OH likes to watch TV with subtitles on sometimes. With teletext that was a quick option (888), with our Freeview Digital set it's five levels of menu, not all intuitive. Sigh.

[Sysman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8154022.stm

Teletext is still useful for me when programmes are running late. No updates either on t'internet or the EPG, but the delayed start times can be found on Teletext.

[expat]

Especially useful with Taggart....

I saw Maggie Bell recently - someone who has stuck to singing the blues and looking her real age, not gone the pop music then botox route of fellow Maryhill lass Lulu - who sang the Taggart theme tune and appeared in one episode. She described her dad's reaction to hearing that she was in it: "so, dae ye get shagged tae death or stabbed tae death?"

Who needs subtitles? There's been a murder in Maryhill. This town is getting more like Chicago every day. Etc etc standard plots.....

[RichardCranium]

There's been a murder in Maryhill.

Therrre's been a murrrrrrder in Marrrrrryhill.

[Alf W]

Thank god for the demise of teletext. Maybe now my Father In-Law won't f*** up my TV everytime he comes to visit trying to access it.