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Originally Posted by Star Attraction
Why are you saying "God help you if you had Sky Digital"? Explain.
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Why are you saying "God help you if you had Sky Digital"? Explain.
Im utterely amazed it took you near on three months to reply to a post that you started. |
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Originally Posted by stirlingguy
Im utterely amazed it took you near on three months to reply to a post that you started.
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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 As for the number codes. I actually find it easier to just say BBC1, or if someone shouts to me from the kitchen and asks what channel something is one I might reply back with 1,2,3,4, or 5 but usually with their full channel names. You say you refer to them as these B1, B2 etc. I assume that by that you mean when you are talking with other people as obviously you would not need to refer them to yourself as you would just flick the remote control. So when you speak to someone else about B1 ot I3 or S3 , do they know what you are talking about , initially ? |
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Sorry I don't really get it
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Of course, TV & radio channels in the USA have three- or four-letter call signs to identify them.
I'll get me coat... |
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I vt ds to rd th td sd by vp
ds ab tk ts cd is gg to fr big imaginary prize if anyone can decode it This has been a message from C1 |
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Originally Posted by ClarkF1
I vt ds to rd th td sd by vp
ds ab tk ts cd is gg to fr big imaginary prize if anyone can decode it This has been a message from C1 Can't do the rest.. |
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Is it 'does anybody think this code is going too far'?
Can the imaginary prize be split in two?
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Originally Posted by Netizen
Can the imaginary prize be split in two? ![]() |
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It might have to go three ways if I can guess correctly what vp stood for.........
![]() I think it was various people. The rest is correct....... WD Click here to view the prize (imaginary link) |
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Oh well, there's 15 minutes of my life I will never get back.
This is possibly the most pointless thread I have seen EVER... |
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Originally Posted by Wozza20
This is possibly the most pointless thread I have seen EVER...
Try this thread instead: http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=423857 I think you might like it.
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Agreed.
Try this thread instead: http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=423857 I think you might like it. ![]()
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Originally Posted by coxy0211
Because then you would have to find different codes fro hundreds of channels, instead of just the ones on Freeview.
UB = UKTV Bright Ideas UDo = UKTV Documentary UDr = UKTV Drama UF = UKTV Food UG1 = UKTV Gold UG2 = UKTV G2 (appropriate since this was formerly called UK Gold 2) UH = UKTV History US = UKTV Style USG = UKTV Style Gardens How about that then? |
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But why? As has been said on here several times, by the time you explain your code to someone, you'd have been just as quick saying the full channel name.
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Originally Posted by Star Attraction
In certain cases it's necessary to use more than one letter and one number. Take the UKTV family of channels. This is the best I can come up with as a coding system:
UB = UKTV Bright Ideas UDo = UKTV Documentary UDr = UKTV Drama UF = UKTV Food UG1 = UKTV Gold UG2 = UKTV G2 (appropriate since this was formerly called UK Gold 2) UH = UKTV History US = UKTV Style USG = UKTV Style Gardens How about that then? This thread certainly refuses to die! |
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Sorry folks, this thread is just sheer madness.
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Originally Posted by skp20040
So when you speak to someone else about B1 ot I3 or S3 , do they know what you are talking about , initially ?
B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 B3 = BBC3 B4 = BBC4 I1 = ITV1 I2 = ITV2 I3 = ITV3 I4 = ITV4 My mum, aunt or uncle, depending on who I was talking to recently, always seemed to understand what channel I meant when I said B1, I2 etc. However it took me a little more explaining when I said "B6" for CBeebies though. Last night (or the night before) I mentioned BBC News 24, as my aunt and uncle probably wouldn't have understood B7. Just a reminder, the full set of eight UK BBC channels is as follows: B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 B3 = BBC3 B4 = BBC4 B5 = CBBC B6 = CBeebies B7 = BBC News 24 B8 = BBC Parliament Isn't it great that B8 is now available full screen on Freeview after being quarter screen only for the past four years? |
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Originally Posted by Star Attraction
Just a reminder, the full set of eight UK BBC channels is as follows:
B1 = BBC1 B2 = BBC2 B3 = BBC3 B4 = BBC4 B5 = CBBC B6 = CBeebies B7 = BBC News 24 B8 = BBC Parliament |
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Originally Posted by Steve Pearce
Wow thanks for reminding me, I'd got B5 and B6 mixed up, no wonder my 3 year-old got confused!
BBC1 your region BBC2 your region BBC3 BBC4 BBC News 24 BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies BBC1 Other regions BBC2 Other regions But still, at least BBC News 24 comes before BBC Parliament, and CBBC comes before CBeebies even on Sky. That's just Sky being awkward, if only they put all the kids' channels BEFORE the news channels in the line-up, just like Freeview. Coming back to your point, it is a bit odd that both Freeview and Sky put CBBC followed by CBeebies, because CBeebies (B6) is for younger children (5 and under) whereas CBBC (B5) is for older children (6 to 13). |
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Surely this is a wind up??
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Originally Posted by stuart62
no I don't, I'm afraid. Why do you need a code in the first place? Aren't the channel names descriptive enough?
Friendly TV consists solely of text 'n' tits programming these days,which could hardly be construed as "friendly".... I'm currently in the middle of a Sky+ copying session so I can't browse through the epg for other examples but i'm sure there's plenty more! And what's the point in using 'B4' as a code for a BBC channel when there is a music videos channel already called B4??!! |
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Originally Posted by mr.ian
Maybe been abducted by a UF
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Originally Posted by PhilH36
And what's the point in using 'B4' as a code for a BBC channel when there is a music videos channel already called B4??!!
I know B4 is often used for BEFORE. |
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