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NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
commseng posted:
As for TV in the north of Scotland in 1954, she can't have seen it live, it must have been a VHS recording.


A VHS recording? In 1954?
You are Emmett "Doc" Brown and I claim my £5.
JA
james-2001
2" quad hadn't even been invented in 1954, let alone VHS!
VM
VMPhil
Neil Jones posted:
commseng posted:
As for TV in the north of Scotland in 1954, she can't have seen it live, it must have been a VHS recording.


A VHS recording? In 1954?
You are Emmett "Doc" Brown and I claim my £5.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think you’ve missed another joke about historical inaccuracies Wink As obviously in 1954 she would have been watching it on a DVD.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
VMPhil posted:
Neil Jones posted:
commseng posted:
As for TV in the north of Scotland in 1954, she can't have seen it live, it must have been a VHS recording.


A VHS recording? In 1954?
You are Emmett "Doc" Brown and I claim my £5.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think you’ve missed another joke about historical inaccuracies Wink As obviously in 1954 she would have been watching it on a DVD.


Nah, DVD's were old hat by 1954. Blu-Ray was all the rage then my friend Smile Very Happy
JA
james-2001
They were onto holographic 8K projection by 1954.
CO
commseng
I'm sure I heard a Ken Bruce listener had told their kids that "when I was your age, all TV was black and white, and when your Gran was your age there was no television." After a pause the kid asks "Did she have to watch it on the internet?"!
I may be one generation out here......
TI
TIGHazard
commseng posted:
I'm sure I heard a Ken Bruce listener had told their kids that "when I was your age, all TV was black and white, and when your Gran was your age there was no television." After a pause the kid asks "Did she have to watch it on the internet?"!
I may be one generation out here......


My nephew doesn't even believe me when I say that when I was born there were only 4 national channels (although only just, C5 was just about to launch a few months later).
JA
JAS84
He's right not to believe you. Sky was around for some time before Channel 5 launched!
NG
noggin Founding member
TIGHazard posted:
commseng posted:
I'm sure I heard a Ken Bruce listener had told their kids that "when I was your age, all TV was black and white, and when your Gran was your age there was no television." After a pause the kid asks "Did she have to watch it on the internet?"!
I may be one generation out here......


My nephew doesn't even believe me when I say that when I was born there were only 4 national channels (although only just, C5 was just about to launch a few months later).


Well some would quibble about C5 being a 'national' channel given how patchy the original coverage was pre- DTT...

I am old enough to remember C4 launching mind...
TI
TIGHazard
JAS84 posted:
He's right not to believe you. Sky was around for some time before Channel 5 launched!


You know what I mean. Four channels that pretty much anyone could get without having to pay extra.
CO
commseng
noggin posted:
TIGHazard posted:
commseng posted:
I'm sure I heard a Ken Bruce listener had told their kids that "when I was your age, all TV was black and white, and when your Gran was your age there was no television." After a pause the kid asks "Did she have to watch it on the internet?"!
I may be one generation out here......


My nephew doesn't even believe me when I say that when I was born there were only 4 national channels (although only just, C5 was just about to launch a few months later).


Well some would quibble about C5 being a 'national' channel given how patchy the original coverage was pre-DTT...

I am old enough to remember C4 launching mind...

Some could quibble the same with BBC Television in 1954!
NG
noggin Founding member
commseng posted:
noggin posted:
TIGHazard posted:

My nephew doesn't even believe me when I say that when I was born there were only 4 national channels (although only just, C5 was just about to launch a few months later).


Well some would quibble about C5 being a 'national' channel given how patchy the original coverage was pre-DTT...

I am old enough to remember C4 launching mind...

Some could quibble the same with BBC Television in 1954!


They'd be right too Smile

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