Re: Losing Ceefax: The Analogue TV Switch Off
I love the blocky graphics of teletext. I was trying to explain to my American Missus that we had something called teletext since the 70's and it was sort of like a block 8 bit game version of the internet. They never had anything like that. Poor Americans, it's probably why loads of them have a chip on their shoulder. :P
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Re: Losing Ceefax: The Analogue TV Switch Off
Ceefax was online to check that out.
http://www.ceefax.tv/
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Losing Ceefax: The Analogue TV Switch Off
Hi All,
Is anyone else saddened by the inevitable disappearance of Ceefax? I cannot help but feel that digital text/"the Red Button" is an inadequate replacement.
Foremost digital text takes a long time to load on my TV whereas Teletext/Ceefax was virtually instant.
Secondly, I dislike the use of unnumbered sub-menus. If one is to go to page 302 on Ceefax all the football headlines and other related page index numbers are visible at once making it easy to navigate to other pages quickly. Visiting the same page (302) on digital text requires scrolling to the option I would like and pressing another button. You then have to press “back” not “exit” to return to the previous menu and repeat the process again.
Longer loading time and longer input processes just make digital text hugely cumbersome and unfriendly in my opinion. Moreover, digital text is not that reliable and can freeze at random moments.
There is of course part of me that loves the visual appearance of Ceefax and Teletext but I accept that things must move on. I just wish the replacement service wasn’t so woeful. Maybe smart phones are negating the need for a television text service…
Is it just me or do others agree? I should probably stop moaning…
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