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I notice that the OP has never come back to explain himself. Maybe he thinks we're all nuts!
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Maybe been abducted by a UF
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I use the following...
Daisy... BBC 1 Custard... BBC 2 Oscar... ITV1 Wight... Channel 4 Oxford... five Edit: No I don't, I just use the proper names, duh. What a stupid - but slightly entertaining - thread. |
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Oh!
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If I'm speaking to someone who knows the Freeview EPG, I say the channel name. If it's someone who doesn't I say the channel number. Simple really.
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Sky Sports News=SSN
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I'm sorry I really want to post something constructive here but really am unable too. The OP really has some OCD about channel nameing / location on DTT.
Perhaps I sometimes call UK Gold "UKG" or UK History "UKH" when I leave a note telling somebody not to change channel while I'm recording a programme, but thats it. I'm not knocking / making fun of OCD's hell I sometimes obsess about a touching a filing cabinet at work (static shocks) and touching certain items. |
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Originally Posted by THE BORG
So BBC 4 is B4
that sounds like Data's long-lost brotherQuote:
Originally Posted by most_haunted
Interesting, but pointless - sorry. If you were talking to someone about BBC News 24 and called it B7, they would be confused and you would have to explain the whole code thing, whereas if you just called it BBC News 24 in the first place you wouldn't have to explain anything. The normal way is quicker! :P
1 B1 = BBC1 2 B2 = BBC2 7 B3 = BBC3 9 B4 = BBC4 The higher-numbered BBC channels need more explaining, but since they appear in the following order in the Freeview line-up, they are effectively (to all intents and purposes) BBCs 5, 6, 7, and 8 respectively. 70 B5 = CBBC Channel (effectively BBC5) 71 B6 = CBeebies - BBC (effectively BBC6) 80 B7 = BBC News 24 (effectively BBC7) 81 B8 = BBC Parliament (effectively BBC8) N.B. CBeebies - haven't you noticed its logo features the BBC squares underneath it, hence why I've put BBC on the back end of CBeebies? |
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I can see the logic - I just can't understand the need.
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I don't know what is worse the Op posting this up or me actually reading every post in this thread over the past 10mins!
I just cannot see the point
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Originally Posted by stuart62
I can see the logic - I just can't understand the need.
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Originally Posted by THE BORG
One of the old TV listings mags did channels in code and also the guide was like the TV GUIDE you get in the usa something like this
06.00 SKY1 DJ KAT |
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Originally Posted by Star Attraction
Back in 1986, I fell into the habit of referring to the four terrestrial channels as follows:
B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 I1 = ITV I2 = Channel 4 My code for Channel 4 was I2 because to all intents and purposes, it was the ITV2 of the day for a number of reasons: The ITV franchise holder had to pay a Fourth Channel Subscription to Channel 4 (or S4C in the case of HTV Wales) On ITV they said "Starting on Channel 4", and on Channel 4 they said "Starting on ITV" The fourth button on many TVs, which people used for Channel 4, was marked ITV2. As we all know, it took until the digital age for the real ITV2 to appear. By the early 90s my coding changed as follows: B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 I1 = ITV C4 = Channel 4 When Channel 5 (now Five) started, I was able to add another code as follows: C5 = Channel 5 I DON`T GET IT
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WHY!!?? When is your 'code' going to be used? Did you work on the Enigma machine?
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OK, I'm really confused.
If you say to someone "Pub B1 on", they'd probably say "what?" Your reply: "B1" "BBC1" Their reply: "ooh, ok" So really, it's not shorthand. I think everyone sees the "logic" in the codes, but I don't think (m)any people see the logic behind doing it in the first place - it just makes things take longer unless you were talking to yourself or someone who knew your codes. Pretty pointless, sorry. |
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Originally Posted by Star Attraction
Back in 1986, I fell into the habit of referring to the four terrestrial channels as follows:
B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 I1 = ITV I2 = Channel 4 My code for Channel 4 was I2 because to all intents and purposes, it was the ITV2 of the day for a number of reasons: The ITV franchise holder had to pay a Fourth Channel Subscription to Channel 4 (or S4C in the case of HTV Wales) On ITV they said "Starting on Channel 4", and on Channel 4 they said "Starting on ITV" The fourth button on many TVs, which people used for Channel 4, was marked ITV2. As we all know, it took until the digital age for the real ITV2 to appear. By the early 90s my coding changed as follows: B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 I1 = ITV C4 = Channel 4 When Channel 5 (now Five) started, I was able to add another code as follows: C5 = Channel 5 |
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Sorry but this is just so sad
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Originally Posted by steveboswell
I use the following...
Daisy... BBC 1 Custard... BBC 2 Oscar... ITV1 Wight... Channel 4 Oxford... five Edit: No I don't, I just use the proper names, duh. What a stupid - but slightly entertaining - thread. ![]() Sorry, that post's just made my day (not hard in the rain!). |
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Totally irrevelent thread (BillKay)
Can I have your job Star Attraction???You seem to have too much time on your hands |
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Originally Posted by TEDDYPOPS
I DON`T GET IT
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This is one of the most bizarre (yet strangely entertaining!!) threads I've read in a long time.
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I don't get it, isn't it easier for your brain to just see the Channel Name?
I would think that this how a brain would work: Channel 4; 1 thought. C4 - whats that? ... Channel 4; 2thoughts. 104 - whats that? ... Channel 4; 2 thoughts; or worse 104 - whats that? ... C4 ... whats that? ... Channel 4; 3 thoughts. Maybe I will just say Disney, instead of Disney channel but thats about a short as I go - maybe Sports 1 instead of Sky Sports 1, but creating little codes just seems like more work to me. |
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Originally Posted by dids858
Have you nothing better to do ? God help you if you had Sky Digital.
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I think the OP should be on medication...or if he is already perhaps he should consider changing it, it's clearly not working.
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Why do you need shorthand, most people who watch BBC One, BBC Two, ITV 1, Four or 5 will normally say...
Put it on 1 , 2 ,3 ,4 ,5 and with all the other channels, we just say "put it on Bravo" Well thats what my family does, dont know about everyone else |
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