Poor decision if true. I spent an hour waiting for something to come on the Sky Sports News ticker and every time you got near to it there was an ad break and after the break it has 'passed by' as they fail to pause the ticker when a break is occurring - so you have to wait until its turn comes round again - when - you guessed it - it is just about to come up and there is yet another ad break.
I gave up, tried the text info and found it in seconds.
Backwards step by Sky if that option is being eliminated.
Poor decision if true. I spent an hour waiting for something to come on the Sky Sports News ticker and every time you got near to it there was an ad break and after the break it has 'passed by' as they fail to pause the ticker when a break is occurring - so you have to wait until its turn comes round again - when - you guessed it - it is just about to come up and there is yet another ad break.
I gave up, tried the text info and found it in seconds.
Backwards step by Sky if that option is being eliminated.
Definety happening. Doesn't say why but basically says all news/video stories can be checked via web sites (red button interactive on sports channels not going)
Sky should do connected red button thats just a connection to their website. It could grab the website news info and just display it in a different format that would work on a TV.
It would mean that Sky would only have to update their website and it would also mean that you would have to have internet connectivity for it to work.
It would be another thing to get people to connect their Sky box to their internet.
Does that leave the BBC as the last broadcaster still to have what I would call a "proper" teletext service?
A shame, although I have never taken to digital text in the way I did to Ceefax and Oracle, crude though they were by today's standards!
Does that leave the BBC as the last broadcaster still to have what I would call a "proper" teletext service?
Yes, I think the BBC will be the last remaining digital text service.
Surprisingly, there are still a handful of analogue text services left on Sky. TCM, Eurosport, TV5 (French) and one or two others still had analogue text when I last checked, earlier in the year.
Sky Text was a great service to use.
It will be missed but as the broadband market continues to grow then the need for a text service would become more obsolete.
But the connected red button idea yeah I would love to see Sky make use of such a service
it is a very silly idea to close such a good service as it is very informative
Well with almost universal broadband takeup people will have to go online to see the equivalent of the service on Sky's website now.
TV, internet and phone services of some kind (mobile or landline) have become basic essential services that, if you dont have, you really will be left behind!
While there's a few devotees I imagine hardly anyone uses it in the smart phone age. Why use a slow, clunky service when you've got the whole of the interweb in your hand.
I used to know every page number on Ceefax and Oracle in ye olde days but can't remember the last time I looked at either the Beeb or Sky's digital version
I find Skytext faster at updating certain stories than the BBC, in particular they often have the lottery result up earlier. I was out one Saturday, came home, put BBC text on around 11.00pm but it was still showing the Wednesday draw as the top line. Switched to Skytext and got Saturday's numbers straightaway.
I find Skytext faster at updating certain stories than the BBC, in particular they often have the lottery result up earlier. I was out one Saturday, came home, put BBC text on around 11.00pm but it was still showing the Wednesday draw as the top line. Switched to Skytext and got Saturday's numbers straightaway.
Shame, though since they removed it from non-premium channels I use BBC text exclusively.
Why do I still use text. Well I'm not sure really.
Partly by habit, partly because I find it quicker to wizz through text only layout than wade through the BBC site. I like looking at sports headlines on 301, and seeing news about sports I just wouldn't bother looking at on the web.
No doubt it (the same headlines) are there under 'sport', but on the web I'm straight into football.
There is very cheap offers around now for basic ADSL, so there is no excuse really, unless you dont have a landline and then a 3G/4G dongle as ether PAYG or pay monthly is the only option.
There is very cheap offers around now for basic ADSL, so there is no excuse really, unless you dont have a landline and then a 3G/4G dongle as ether PAYG or pay monthly is the only option.
Hard to believe I know for people whose lives revolve around them, but there are still people who don't even have computers, or any other device that's capable of using broadband!
Hard to believe I know for people whose lives revolve around them, but there are still people who don't even have computers, or any other device that's capable of using broadband!
It's surprising that they were interested enough to master the use of teletext then . . .
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I gave up, tried the text info and found it in seconds.
Backwards step by Sky if that option is being eliminated.
Definety happening. Doesn't say why but basically says all news/video stories can be checked via web sites (red button interactive on sports channels not going)
It would mean that Sky would only have to update their website and it would also mean that you would have to have internet connectivity for it to work.
It would be another thing to get people to connect their Sky box to their internet.
I use Sky Text everyday normally with Sky Sports News in the top corner.
End of an era as I don't watch anything on BBC live anymore so won't be using that!
I still remember the nights I spent reading the Paramount Channel Teletext Mailbox
A shame, although I have never taken to digital text in the way I did to Ceefax and Oracle, crude though they were by today's standards!
Yes, I think the BBC will be the last remaining digital text service.
Surprisingly, there are still a handful of analogue text services left on Sky. TCM, Eurosport, TV5 (French) and one or two others still had analogue text when I last checked, earlier in the year.
It will be missed but as the broadband market continues to grow then the need for a text service would become more obsolete.
But the connected red button idea yeah I would love to see Sky make use of such a service
Well with almost universal broadband takeup people will have to go online to see the equivalent of the service on Sky's website now.
TV, internet and phone services of some kind (mobile or landline) have become basic essential services that, if you dont have, you really will be left behind!
Madness. I use this everyday and im sure alot of others do also.
Poor decision!
I used to know every page number on Ceefax and Oracle in ye olde days but can't remember the last time I looked at either the Beeb or Sky's digital version
Yes me too very entertaining, often had my comments on there.
This also means the end of 459 which is also fun seeing the banter between fans about who's club has the most history etc,
I guess its time to get that info online instead!
Mailbox on PText was always a good read, almost like a forum before the internet became popular.
It's still online and usually gets updated on Christmas day. Once a year isn't as good as every day, but at least it's still active in some form
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aI_xyvntZ04
Why do I still use text. Well I'm not sure really.
Partly by habit, partly because I find it quicker to wizz through text only layout than wade through the BBC site. I like looking at sports headlines on 301, and seeing news about sports I just wouldn't bother looking at on the web.
No doubt it (the same headlines) are there under 'sport', but on the web I'm straight into football.
Yeah, it makes no sense. i know.
Well Sky is the UK second largest ISP....
There is very cheap offers around now for basic ADSL, so there is no excuse really, unless you dont have a landline and then a 3G/4G dongle as ether PAYG or pay monthly is the only option.
Well Sky could just bundle it with their TV service and just give a discount if people are already with another ISP.