Must watch TV.

[Davep1]

The freesat PVR is king in our house- even the kids spend a while with the tv guide to select what they (really) want to watch (record) so live TV is almost out for us now - no more inane ads for DFS or whatever!!

The 2000 year old time machine programme was fascinating ..

 

Dave

[Welly Jen]

Once upon a time there were long empty intervals between programmes , these were filled by   "The Interlude "  

 

You could watch for e.g. "The Potters Wheel " captivating viewing ?

 

or you got to watch Goldfish swimming around inside a bowl ( I kid you not )  .

 

Daytime TV we had long hours of "the test card " displayed ( for the benefit of us engineers ).

 

either of the above were infinitely more interesting than most of todays televised dross , and cost almost nothing to produce 

You've given me an idea for a program.

 

"Britain's Next Test Card Model"

 

Would fit in well with a lot of what's on.

[Norman Verona]

Don't forget the little girl with the clowns.

[pistonbroke]

Don't forget the little girl with the clowns.

Ah yes ! Test card F  

 

Everything , even the little girl and clown doll had a purpose on the test card , the X in the noughts and crosses marked the exact center of the shadow mask screen , it was used to check and if needed re align the static convergence of the 3 electron beams used to produce the picture . 

[pistonbroke]

A Sample for your enjoyment

 

 

[Doug Dastardly]

Gave me the creeps then........still giving me the creeps now  

[Norman Verona]

Everything , even the little girl and clown doll had a purpose on the test card , the X in the noughts and crosses marked the exact center of the shadow mask screen , it was used to check and if needed re align the static convergence of the 3 electron beams used to produce the picture . 

 

 

 

Someone give him a pill, he's talking in tongues again.

[tolf]

Thanks for the test card, i have learnt something new today