Reply With Quoteused it 1/2 dozen times (when bored)....sad to see something so establised go but makes very little difference to me..
what is the attraction of it, I could get a bit of news, a bit of weather info, and a horoscope?
AUSTEXT Teletext Service R.I.P
Commenced in 1977
Dead 30SEP2009
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used it 1/2 dozen times (when bored)....sad to see something so establised go but makes very little difference to me..
what is the attraction of it, I could get a bit of news, a bit of weather info, and a horoscope?
If you feed ducks at a pond, chances are your bound to feed a goose or two without even knowing it.
What, the teletext on Ch7 is that what you are talking about ???
When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all
wonder where windy got that information from??
I cant say I would be surprised to see go as it really has very little relevant information on it.
What about Closed Caption isn't that done through Teletext?
Dash
Page 103Originally Posted by gordon_s1942
103/01 Austext 103 Mon 13Jul 18:36:42
IMPORTANT AUSTEXT NOTIFICATION
THE AUSTEXT SERVICE WILL CLOSE
ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009.
The Seven Network started providing
test Teletext services in 1977, with
live services commencing in 1982 in
Brisbane and Sydney.
The Austext service today is still
provided using the original 1970's
technology. This equipment has now
reached the end of its lifespan.
Unfortunately,it is not possible
to replace the existing Austext
system with new equipment except at
significant cost.
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103/02 Austext 103 Mon 13Jul 18:37:49
IMPORTANT AUSTEXT NOTIFICATION
THE AUSTEXT SERVICE WILL CLOSE
ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009.
Austext is a free service and does
not attract advertising revenue,so
this is not commercially viable.
Seven is aware that Austext has many
loyal supporters and we know that
many of you will miss the Austext
service. We sincerely regret any
inconvenience the cessation of this
service may cause and we have
endeavoured to provide you with as
much notice as possible.
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103/03 Austext103 Mon 13 Jul 18:38:13
IMPORTANT AUSTEXT NOTIFICATION
THE AUSTEXT SERVICE WILL CLOSE
ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009.
Unlike when the service started,
information currently available
on Austext is now freely available
from a number of alternative sources
including over the internet via
Yahoo7.
CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES will be
unaffected and continue to be
available on page 801.
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Last edited by Windy; 13-07-09 at 09:46 PM.
dashinson (13-07-09),gordon_s1942 (15-07-09)
Always good for the racing odds
sung to the tune of an old 80s hit: internet killed the teletext star
Fat lot of good telling us in advance as there is no alternative (on TV) to go to.
The other problem with teletext was that you needed a quality signal to be able to get it work and my Prime never did untill Digital was introduced.
Ahhh well, a few spare knobbs on the remote now.
I have a friend who has problem with their hearing and he will not be very happy. I am sure there will be an alternative soon.
You can hope but 'No Dough = No Go'.
With the exception of closed captioning, none of the other channels seem to have any interest in Teletext unless 7/Prime held the copyright/licence to its operation and they couldnt use it.
Why would he be unhappy? News services are capitioned, or he could use the Internet..
I remember when Nine Perth had a text service with info, weather etc in the late 80s
* Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by Alien, a Terminator, and the Predator.
Yes, add 5+ more Freview channels to cover the few options austext had.
Wow Freeview has so many more channels now, it must be great.
Sorry, but 5+ more Freeview channels ??? am I missing something or is this another 'Only available in Metropolitan City Areas'?
tell him not to worry, as windy posted
CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES will be
unaffected and continue to be
available on page 801.
When I explained to the guy what avatar I wanted, that wasn't what I meant!
yes they wouldnt leave the deaf out in the cold
I never used teletext it was to cumbersome and little info, it might have been good in the 70,s but now............no
NS
The Early Bird May Get The Worm But Its The Second Mouse That Gets The Cheese!
It was a joke as freeview is so great and has heaps of channels to choose from.
Hello to the forum!
I'm from Germany and very interested to show some AUSTEXT-screenshots on my homepage () before this service is stopped. Is it possible to send me some pictures of the most important pages (.gif or .jpg files please)? If yes simply send a private message.
There are other channels with teletext in Australia?
Thank you!
Last edited by teletext; 22-08-09 at 01:43 AM.
Only channel Seven here in Australia uses full teletext. All the other channels use teletex as well but they only use it for subtitles and closed captioning.
Once its gone its only use will be for closed captions.
If you want some caps have a look at these links
I tried to get Teletext earlier this week and just tried again but all I get is a line on the screen.
One of the other TV's just displayed a black box so I think Teletext is no more.
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