Published on 23 June 2009 in Television, Digital TV, interactive television, television
One of the comments that I occasionally hear about the red button is how people turn the TV off! Because, of course, most remotes have a red button to put them in standby.
Published on 27 May 2009 in Interactive TV, connected televisions, Digital TV, interactive television, social media, television, Twitter
I recently had a go using a new TV. Not that special except that the TV in question had an Ethernet connection going into it, meaning the world of internet delivered content was available. The presence of a back channel meant that communication to the viewer was no longer one way.
Published on 1 February 2009 in Television, Digital TV, television, VHS tapes
As I sit here typing this, my PC is hard at work recording onto computer, an old copy of News at Ten. Not just any News at Ten, but the "final" "ever" News at Ten from 1999.
Published on 7 November 2008 in BBC red button, BBC, BBC red button, Digital Switch Over, Digital TV, television
Over on BBCi Labs Blog (yes yes, we know, we know. It's all red button now...) right now, you'll find a little postette from my good self about the wonders of modern technology, which is allowing us to watch a proper, bona fide Freeview signal as transmitted from Selkirk's newly reconfigured TV transmitters, despite us being in London 300 miles away.
Published on 14 November 2007 in BBC red button, Television, BBC, BBC red button, Ceefax, Digital Switch Over, Digital TV, Teletext
In the early hours of Wednesday 14 November, an entire town lost something no one else has lost. Teletext and Ceefax.
Published on 10 August 2007 in Shopping, Digital TV, shopping, television
The new TV has arrived which is good - watching episodes on Futurama on your laptop PC just isn't the same if you ask me. It's an IDTV - integrated with digital. I did contemplate going for a cheaper model without the digital element (actually in the clearence range) but due to delivery issues (i.e. they couldn't tell me when it would be delivered), decided to get the digital one. Analogue TVs are getting harder and harder to find now - and it has to be said, rightly so.
Published on 4 March 2007 in Shopping, Television, Digital TV, Freeview, television
A couple of weeks ago, I invested in a PVR - one of those digital video recorder things. It had been bubbling in my mind for a while, especially as I seemed to have a never ending pile of VHS tapes floating around the room with stuff on them, that had to be watched in strict order lest anything get missed.
Published on 19 October 2006 in Television, Digital TV, television
As a Lost adict, the news that Sky have poached the programme from Channel 4 so that they can put it on Sky One, is not one I especially wish to hear. Especially as I don't have pay-TV.
Published on 16 January 2006 in Television, computers, Digital TV, Freeview, television
Reading through the BBC's Reception Advice help pages can be a bit depressing sometimes - all the problems that users have just recieving services. OnDigital boxes crashing, video and audio being out of sync, channel numbers not working properly... And that's not the half of it.
Published on 24 November 2005 in BBC red button, Interactive TV, BBC, BBC red button, Digital TV, interactive television, television
On Wednesday we killed off the TV and radio listings on the satellite version of BBCi.