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Ceefax is 30! Which page do you look at first?

  • 23-09-2004 10:13pm
    #1
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭


    Today the worlds first and best teletext service turned 30! From a handfull of basic pages of news and sport in 1974 its expanded to fill 1000 pages and of course inspired many others to follow. None as good.

    _40101556_ceefax_203.jpg

    Which is the first page you check upon switch-on? For me its almost certainly 302 football main stories. Followed by 102 news headlines and then visits to the 540s 360s, 600s, 201 (on BBC2).

    Interesting piece from 1974
    http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/timeline/video-action.shtml

    Mike.


Comments

  • #2
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    150 on aretel, (lotto) dont really use it much, i used to use it for a tv guide before i got sky digtal....

    also i look up the cinema listings once in a while...


    happy birthday tellytext!


  • #3
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Ahh, good ol' ceefax, where would we be without it.

    My usual ports of call are:

    300 & 301 (Sports headlines),
    387 (Snooker),
    302 (Football headlines),
    303+ (Football latests/results),
    324+ (Football Tables)
    360 (Motorsport)
    606 (TV Now & Next)

    & various others :)


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Usually only 120 - now & next.

    For news and the rest I'd use Aertel. :)


  • #5
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    p340
    Still the quickest at updating cricket scores.


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    i go straight to 523 out of habit


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  • #7
    secret_squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭secret_squirrel


    itv 303 - news
    c4 376 - pc and console game reviews


  • #8
    SRB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭SRB


    Local News on 160 and Weather on 402 - 'tis about all I use it for.


  • #9
    David19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭David19


    I only use 302 for football headlines. Its probably the best for football.


  • #10
    Drag00n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    For me it's the general footy news (302). Of the footy pages I tend to hit 312 (news in brief) a lot.


  • #11
    parasite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,077 ✭✭✭parasite


    bah, i miss teletext, the music pages on c4 were great
    digital tv teletext = emperor's new clothes


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  • #12
    secret_squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭secret_squirrel


    So true...digi teletext is so much worse


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