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The news on ther of lost art of teletext. Youtube teletext advert has ceased to work and seemingly can't be removed. Teletext related products should be able to viewed via the below ads if your desperate.
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Ar you a reader or a user?
Something I've noticed since starting this blog is that Teletext is a rare thing in that it's something everyone uses but no-one talks about. To my mind the reasoning behind this is for most people is the same as the reasoning why no-one talks about lightswiches. Most people only use teletext for one or two things. TV lsiting, news flash or sports. Nothing much to say there really. In fact my subscription to google alerts about teletext is often a story about how something shocking, usually sport releated, was releyed to them by Teletext. The idea being teletext is a very mundane thing. However I believe that this is because most people use teletext rather than read it or watch it.
If you were simply to flick through all the pages of a mainstream teletext service you'd find it's more comprehensive than most newspapers or magazines. And if you will eventully develop regular sections that you will read. In the same way as you become accustomed to Televison programs you be become accustomed to teletext pages. And you may ,like me, get very upset if you favorite pages are deleted,altered or even moved.
It intruiges me to know how many other people read teletext. Most people seem to prefer opinionated newspapers or magazines so they can steal quotes and sound intelligent. Or like an arsehole depending on publication. So today I shall be conducting a Google search for various Teletext terms. Results below;
"Love teletext"-Results: 25
A nearly productive search. A dicovered a newsgroup about teletext. Unused since 2001 though and it descended into personal bitching. A few other message board theards. Of course their was also a good slab of sarcasm involved. Also two people who meet their own loves on teletext. The sponsered matches also contained a hardcore porn site. You may work the relevence of that out yourself.
"Use teletext" verus "Read teletext"
1'180 339
Not much competion there.
"Watching teletext" 365(one for every dayof the year)
An alful lot of tense football fans talking about watching a crucial match on teletext. A very stressful thing I've done myself.
One last one I hope gets few results
"Hate teletext" results-ONE!And one too many.
Really only one site on the net says the phrase hate teletext. And on closer inspection it's a teletext emulator site. It really loves teletext. Excellent.
If you were simply to flick through all the pages of a mainstream teletext service you'd find it's more comprehensive than most newspapers or magazines. And if you will eventully develop regular sections that you will read. In the same way as you become accustomed to Televison programs you be become accustomed to teletext pages. And you may ,like me, get very upset if you favorite pages are deleted,altered or even moved.
It intruiges me to know how many other people read teletext. Most people seem to prefer opinionated newspapers or magazines so they can steal quotes and sound intelligent. Or like an arsehole depending on publication. So today I shall be conducting a Google search for various Teletext terms. Results below;
"Love teletext"-Results: 25
A nearly productive search. A dicovered a newsgroup about teletext. Unused since 2001 though and it descended into personal bitching. A few other message board theards. Of course their was also a good slab of sarcasm involved. Also two people who meet their own loves on teletext. The sponsered matches also contained a hardcore porn site. You may work the relevence of that out yourself.
"Use teletext" verus "Read teletext"
1'180 339
Not much competion there.
"Watching teletext" 365(one for every dayof the year)
An alful lot of tense football fans talking about watching a crucial match on teletext. A very stressful thing I've done myself.
One last one I hope gets few results
"Hate teletext" results-ONE!And one too many.
Really only one site on the net says the phrase hate teletext. And on closer inspection it's a teletext emulator site. It really loves teletext. Excellent.
