Before the internet..there was....

[Shady]

TELETEXT!!

always good to see a blast from the past

[zaphodbb]

think you need to get a new great mills catalogue shady

[Lainie]

omg look at those old telllys. they look hideous.

[C64]

My Mum had the Pye set at the top right.

And one of these beneath it....

http://home.planet.nl/~mhamm/Video/PHILIPS/v2000/v2k_gv01.jpg

I was the only person at school with a V2000 format VCR

[Shady]

HIDEOUS?
they're BEAUTIFUL!

[Shady]

we had the ferguson or something VERY similar (probably baird) and it was remote controlled. the remote had two buttons. channel up and sound.
if you was watching bbc2 and wanted to turn over to bbc1 you had to flick through itv1 itv2 5 and 6 .
to turn up the volume u could use the remote.. down had to be on the set and when u pressed the sound button on remote it emitted a high pitch squeal..

[RedSpider]

we had the ferguson or something VERY similar (probably baird) and it was remote controlled. the remote had two buttons. channel up and sound.
if you was watching bbc2 and wanted to turn over to bbc1 you had to flick through itv1 itv2 5 and 6 .
to turn up the volume u could use the remote.. down had to be on the set and when u pressed the sound button on remote it emitted a high pitch squeal..

aah yes, the baird. with the panel underneath the channel button that would spring out when you pressed it in to reveal a series of dials which, looking back, were probably for fine-tuning.

and not forgetting the video player with remote that was connected to the video with a wire. very fancy schmancy and la-di-da

[Meat-Head]

and not forgetting the video player with remote that was connected to the video with a wire. very fancy schmancy and la-di-da

unconfirmed rumor but beleived to be genuine

1) the bulb between the tape heads, if that blow didn't work
2) that wires remote has rf in it, of if you had it near of one of them mains tester, you though it had mains down it

[Shady]

the bulb! the MASSIVE crystal like bulb! remember that too. i too heard the rumour that if it blew that was it, no more video

[Shady]

ive been searching for an old sky advert for when the uk first got sat.. couldnt find one.. anybody?

[Meat-Head]

the bulb! the MASSIVE crystal like bulb! remember that too. i too heard the rumour that if it blew that was it, no more video

rumor states it was a simple wire ended bulb, like a car 286 1.2watt type as it made the machine sense the tape

ive been searching for an old sky advert for when the uk first got sat.. couldnt find one.. anybody?

rumor staes they started in 1989

[patkins]

That type of teletext hasn't gone away. I recently castigated RTE for their teletext system which if you want to look at page 132 the counter started at 133 and you had/have to wait till it gets its finger out and clocks every other page on its way back to 132.
I drew to their attention the super fast teletext on european channels and am still waiting a reply. RTE= Really Tedious Entertainment.

[C64]

aah yes, the baird. with the panel underneath the channel button that would spring out when you pressed it in to reveal a series of dials which, looking back, were probably for fine-tuning.

and not forgetting the video player with remote that was connected to the video with a wire. very fancy schmancy and la-di-da

Our PYE set also had that pop-out tuner section.

Ours also had the high frequency audio remote (I can't remember the proper name for it), ours also had only 2 buttons for channel up and down. It was a bit quirky as we could change the channel using our voices or even by using money.

I'll explain......

If we dropped coins and they 'jingled' then somewhere in that 'jingle' was the same frequency for the TV to go up a channel

Also, if we used our voice and made a loud "Shhhh" or "Chaaa" noise the tv would do the same.

[Meat-Head]

Our PYE set also had that pop-out tuner section.

Ours also had the high frequency audio remote (I can't remember the proper name for it),

ultrasonic, or for thick people super sonic or hyrdrosonic

[Shady]

be good if peeps would post other old technology ads..