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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 4:00PM
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Who is this,

and what's he got to do with something major happening tonight?

Click here for the answer...

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 4:55PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

Thought analogue TV had been switched.

Pathe newsreel and WHFI? S&V seems an interesting combo.

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 5:39PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

plastic penguin wrote:
Thought analogue TV had been switched.

Not heard of Northern Ireland then?

plastic penguin wrote:
Pathe newsreel and WHFI? S&V seems an interesting combo.

Pathé?  What a load of .

Andrew's (excellent) blog is about the history of analogue TV in the UK. Not film newsreel.

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 6:19PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

Andrew, I have just built one of these for the school physics department.  Latest SHDTV ;)  Pictures come loaded as audio signals on CD, classic! 

Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zCj6mcdrM

 

 

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 6:38PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

Andrew Everard wrote:

Who is this,

and what's he got to do with something major happening tonight?

Click here for the answer...

i thought it was Sir Alan Sugar...sorry....i'll get me coat doh!

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 7:15PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

According to the digital switch over website tyne tees is still to be switched over as well.

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 8:01PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

I've never looked at ceefax but teletext brings back fond memories. 

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Tue, Oct 23 2012, 11:33PM
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Wed, Oct 24 2012, 3:47PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

GSB wrote:

Andrew Everard wrote:

Who is this,

and what's he got to do with something major happening tonight?

Click here for the answer...

i thought it was Sir Alan Sugar...sorry....i'll get me coat doh!

I thought the same, from TV Burp right?

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Wed, Oct 24 2012, 5:07PM
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RE: TV History for Dummies...

Big Chris wrote:
I thought the same, from TV Burp right?

I fear TV Burp is long gone – at least, haven't seen Dr Hall running around our car-park pursued by a camera-crew for a long time now...

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