jambojackbilly Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Quite liked that as well :santa5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Quite liked that as well :santa5: its outdated these days. most people can find the info they are after faster on their phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbill Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 "most people can find the info they are after faster on their phone." Most people don't have that kind of phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody loves Baz Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 its outdated these days. most people can find the info they are after faster on their phone. On your phone you say ?? I can't get a bloody thing on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 "most people can find the info they are after faster on their phone." Most people don't have that kind of phone! I don't have a iphone. Most phones have at least a basic kind of internet access these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambojackbilly Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sort of became a ritual.Up early for work first thing i did was tune into teletext,time to move but i'll sure miss it.I dont know what an Iphone is.Ceefax will suffice for the time being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams bird Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 My mum and dad dont have net on their phones. Or access to the internet. Just need to wait on the news a few times a day..:santa5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sort of became a ritual.Up early for work first thing i did was tune into teletext,time to move but i'll sure miss it.I dont know what an Iphone is.Ceefax will suffice for the time being I've got an iPhone, but like you I also used Teletext. It may be old fashioned, and "low tech", but I still liked it and used it most days. Presumably by 2012 when the roll out of the analog switch off is complete, there will be a "BBC Red Button" equivelent on other channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The youngsters here will never know the sheer tension and excitement of watching a Hearts game on teletext! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 A lot of technology comes under what could be called "the Jolene Syndrome": just because you can. On match days there are five options, in this order of preference: 1. Attending in person. 2. Watching on TV with an articulate commentator. 3. Listening on the radio. 4. Watching teletext / reading a phone or computer screen. 5. Being on holiday / arrested before the match / hospitalised etc. If forced to choose between teletext and reading on a fecking b'astarding puta jodida computer screen, I would choose teletext because it is slower (more drama) and you are not so tempted to "graze" or roam freely looking at wikipedia. If you leave live scores on teletext to look up holidays or ring a dirty line, you have to wait ages to get back to it. This disciplines one and keeps one honest. Also, does the BBC put all attendances (for a given league) together in one place? For those of us who easily prefer attendances to porn, this is a distinct disadvantage. I'm a born Luddite, yes. "I won't be Reconstructed And I do not give a damn". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gershwin Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The only good thing on teletext was Planet Sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Loved it as a kid, pre internet. Used to get the live games on screen whilst watching the antiques roadshow with my granny (okay, that was Ceefax). Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't have a iphone. Most phones have at least a basic kind of internet access these days. Surely the simpler answer would be, considering that to use the teletext you have to be in front of a telly, and most folks tellys are in their home, and most homes have internet, that you'd be better to look it up on the computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Surely the simpler answer would be, considering that to use the teletext you have to be in front of a telly, and most folks tellys are in their home, and most homes have internet, that you'd be better to look it up on the computer? that requires moving from the TV. As most people are lazy gits who seem to want a prehistoric info service kept just to save them getting up, that is not the obvious answer. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 i prefered oracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Drago Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The only good thing on teletext was Planet Sound. The computer game pages were good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Ell Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The only good thing on teletext was Planet Sound. i got a penpal off teletext when i was wee! Bird from sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 i got a penpal off teletext when i was wee! Bird from sunderland. get her pumped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambojackbilly Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 It was never going to compete with modern technology but it sure was handy for the likes of European scores on a Sunday ( P 538 ) even the latest betting ( P 399 ) was ideal.Not everyone has the Internet or wants it.Newspaper headlines ( P 314 ) dated news about Hearts (P 531 ) and so on, passed many an hour on teletext :santa4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 No more BAMBOOZLE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 No more BAMBOOZLE!!!!! nothing worse when you got a question wrong and had to go back to the start! Especially if the right answer was the very last you could have chosen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed The Jedi Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Still like it, page 338 on the bbc was my favourite, polled all the gossip from the newspapers on to one page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigSN1 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Useless due to the internet and the news channels now on 24/7 with free view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I did like Planet Sound as it was good for up-to-date music news and reviews. You can't get that type of service on the BBC interactive service AFIK. Football news was good as well, on ITV, as you got regional sport. What you get on Ceefax is much smaller for Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny1874 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The youngsters here will never know the sheer tension and excitement of watching a Hearts game on teletext! Those were the days!!!! Waiting on the page to refresh or come back from the other pages! Spent many a saturday glued to the Teletext in my youth!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 my father in law is doing his dinger over this. it was the only place he could get the dug racing results. He can't work a mobile phone so don't even say computer to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Was once told that if you are going for a forecast on the dugs not to bother with the reverse, as consistently more than half the time the dug from the lower trap will win. Used to use teletext to verify this theory at different tracks around the UK from time to time. (It's true btw, generally around 70/30 split). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Useless due to the internet and the news channels now on 24/7 with free view. WTF is freeview. Feck all unnecessary technological developments. Feck the "choice society". Fordists Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossHMFC93 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I've never used teletext and I'm not even that sure what it is so I think I will manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Tarts 1874 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I found this, it's fantastic. Ceefax on your PC! http://www.ceefax.tv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad on the tyne Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 No more BAMBOOZLE!!!!! lol brian boozler on c4 teletext was awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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