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It is funny you mention Teletext, my grandpa uses that almost exclusively for almost everything, especially flight status when he is coming to pick someone up f
by calloc 15y ago
It is funny you mention Teletext, my grandpa uses that almost exclusively for almost everything, especially flight status when he is coming to pick someone up from the airport.
It is also generally presented in a much less confusing way than any other format, and doesn't have thousands of distracting ads all over the place.
- robin_reala 15y agoBetter move him onto something else this year then. The last transmitter is being switched off in April 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_switchover_dates_in_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_switchover_dates_in_the...
- calloc 15y agoThis is in The Netherlands, not sure if they have the same plans on switching it off.
- robin_reala 15y agoTerrestial TV in the Netherlands completed the digital transition in 2006 apparently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_Netherlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_Nethe... Same article says though that 90% of the Netherlands uses cable TV and that’s mostly still analogue (guess that’s how he gets Teletext?)
- calloc 15y agoYep, definitely over the cable not over the air.