With the advent of modern technology...

Leyland Worldmaster · 13th December 2011, 02:35

...how is it that CEEFAX looks exactly the same as it did in the 'eighties? Is this deliberate? Just seems odd to me!

majedm75 · 13th December 2011, 02:44

Well, in France there is still the Minitel and it's about just the same only without the colours

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WillyHeckaslike · 13th December 2011, 05:39

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majedm75: Well, in France there is still the Minitel and it's about just the same only without the colours!

Good idea, stood the test of time (early 80s?) but maybe no more after next year. :xmas-smiley-014:

WillyHeckaslike · 13th December 2011, 05:47

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leopard680: How is it that CEEFAX looks exactly the same as it did in the 'eighties? Is this deliberate? Just seems odd to me!

Specsavers?

:xmas-smiley-009:

HarryM1BYT · 13th December 2011, 08:44

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Originally Posted by leopard680

...how is it that CEEFAX looks exactly the same as it did in the 'eighties? Is this deliberate? Just seems odd to me!

It isn't like that, unless you are maybe still on the analogue system. The digital teletext system is much more colourful and higher resolution.

baconbuttyman · 13th December 2011, 09:20

amazes me how it's still going in this day n age.

StuBlake13 · 13th December 2011, 11:32

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Originally Posted by baconbuttyman

amazes me how it's still going in this day n age.

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Originally Posted by Ceefax

It has been announced that Ceefax will not be replaced when the analogue signal is switched off in 2012. Although, BBC Red Button is seen as an alternative to Ceefax and since 2007 the number of regions with a Ceefax supported analogue signal has declined. As of August 2011 two thirds of UK TV regions have completed or in the process of being switched over.

Ceefax is the last remaining text service available via analogue TV transmissions in the UK, as ITV and Channel 4's Teletext service closed in December 2009. Channel 5's "five text" ancillary service closed in 2011. However, a limited analogue teletext service through ITV and Channel 4 is still available through terrestrial.

Not gonna be around much longer though

Loved playing Bamboozle on Teletext.

HarryM1BYT · 13th December 2011, 12:26

The actual Ceefax system uses characters generated inside your TV, all that is transmitted is a signal telling the Ceefax electronics in your TV, which character to put where on the screen and which clour to use. So that was the system you were rather stuck with.

My first Teletext adaptor was an ex-BBC prototype, with an ASKII keyboard, which I managed to get going and couple up to an TV set. The next one was the size of a large video recorder, but at least it had a basic remote control to operate it. Its ability to actually receive and decode the data was terrible.

guru · 13th December 2011, 12:41

Awwww fond memories.......

HarryM1BYT · 13th December 2011, 12:43

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Awwww fond memories.......

Indeed, those were the days when I could actually understand it.

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