So maybe the major channels should schedule 10-15 minutes each morning, somewhere in part of the Nightscreen slot, where they show all of their current trails, end-to-end, and entitle it "Preview" in the way that 'soon to launch' channels do. Then, those with PVRs that like to skip ad-breaks could just set it for "Preview" and watch that.
Sky Three's DOG went 4:3 safe again after I started this thread and was as you were before. Then after the first commercial break of Little Monsters today, the DOG's gone back to sitting in the far top left outside the safe area again.
I do agree E4's DOG looks great without "First Look", "Second Chance", "Catch-Up" etc underneath it, but the E4+1 DOG makes the sub-text look less "sticky out" for want of a better description and a bit neater.
Quiz Call gets more cluttered every day and the amount of compression on Freeview gets more noticable too. Plus half the onscreen text is virtually unreadable in letterbox mode.
I notice More4's gone out DOGless today on both its normal and timeshift channels. Plus they seem to have lost pretty much all on-screen graphics generated on-the-fly.
There is currently no DOG I can see on the LZ for BBC TWO. However by the looks of it the picture is oddly zoomed and squashed a bit so that's probably the reason.
There is currently no DOG I can see on the LZ for BBC TWO. However by the looks of it the picture is oddly zoomed and squashed a bit so that's probably the reason.
Well there was a DOG by the end of the Learning Zone today and the picture seemed to be normal. Perhaps it was fixed in between times.
Sky Three's DOG went 4:3 safe again after I started this thread and was as you were before. Then after the first commercial break of Little Monsters today, the DOG's gone back to sitting in the far top left outside the safe area again.
And now its gone back to 4:3 safe again.
More4's DOGs are back, although all the programmes today have been painfully quiet for some strange reason and the voiceovers and ads are REALLY REALLY LOUD!
One of the most annoying on-screen graphics is the 'Press Red' prompt, which comes in different forms.
However, on ntl: Cable there is a way to remove these. When the prompt appears, press the back button to remove it. If for some absurd reason you want it back on, press the OK button.
I believe it stands for "Digitally Originated Graphic"
Isn't is Digitally
Onscreen
Graphic?
Anyway, I'll repost the image here that churned up attention in another topic due to the positioning of the DOG - apparently to do with safe areas in the region.
I don't mind DOGs at all. I think all channels should have them as they look good and allows you to actaully see what channel you are on. Especially when tuning terrestrial channels.
One DOG that gets on my nerves is More4. I have never seen such a waste of a DOG in my life. Translucent black that can only be been on a bright-ish screen, which wen you watch the channel, is rare.