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Huh, I didn't know it wasn't supposed to be there on Cable.... I'd just assumed it was another NTL cock-up.
Shame, it was something special... thanks for the reminder.
NiC | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 7:10 a.m. | #
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My mother was addicted to teletext - it was the only way I managed to convince her to try the internet - like teletext, only faster, and more information.
annipink | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 8:04 a.m. | #
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See, while I absolutely appreciate all that - and, for heaven's sake, if I see that Jensen effing Button ad one more time I shall scream, because the man has all the acting potential of a dead rodent - I have a problem with Ceefax.
For one year, not so long ago, I spent one working day of every week writing pages for it (the Learning pages on BBC2, since you ask - no, you'll never have seen them, because nobody ever visited them). And it drove me up the wall. That sodding great clunking antiquated system - it's even worse to write content for than it is to use. I still haven't recovered from the trauma and mental scarring. Oh God. Help. The pixels. The PIXELS!!!
Sorry.
Vaughan | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 8:33 a.m. | #
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On the basis of your results, I presume you're using satellite for your timings, because on DTT (also known by the marketting term Freeview), BBCi is far far far faster on a recent box (ie not one from the ITV Digital era), and would probably give you close results to Ceefax even with the menu navigating.
But it's a lot slower on satellite alas.
Andrew | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 2:26 p.m. | #
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BBCi may be crap, but have you tried ITV's digital-text content?
What little there is is a thinly veiled attempt to extract money from the punter. Crap.
Scaryduck | 12.01.04 - 3:19 p.m. | #
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now - picking up on my campaign for dot matrix based media on this blog - have you considered a Geezerfax service ? 
drD | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 5:09 p.m. | #
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We got Freeview and my kids were rather pleased when a games channel showed up. Yet, I had enjoyed playing Bamboozle (Who wants to be a millionaire without the million) on teletext ch4 p161 so interactivity is hardly new. Pity about the million, though.
fremsley | 12.01.04 - 5:48 p.m. | #
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Sky seem to have the best mix really, although not having seen freeview or cable I could be wrong.
The menu system is pretty easy to use, and you have the number system to jump straight to a page if you want.
pittuf | 12.01.04 - 7:27 p.m. | #
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not sure what all the fuss is about.
i mean, i don't even have a telly.
cords | 12.01.04 - 8:32 p.m. | #
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I've always been impressed how they manage to make all the news headlines just the right length to fill the line.
I wonder if they have a single demented genius sitting in a little cell somewhere who for the past 30 years has been turning every conceivable kind of news story into a 38-character summary (or however many characters it is - I'm not bored enough to go and check).
ionicus | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 10:27 p.m. | #
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It's OK Vaughan, he doesn't mean you...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.01.04 - 11:41 p.m. | #
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No, he doesn't. But he's not far off.
Vaughan | Homepage | 14.01.04 - 10:59 a.m. | #
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