MK
Testcards are way creepy. I'm sure I saw that girl testcard on the screen on BBC North West Tonight in Manchester when they were in Liverpool showing the main newsroom in transition.
Not only were they visually creepy, when they had a continuous tone playing over it, it was way worse. You used to get that on teletext pages on BBC Two too. TVAM was always on though, or GMTV later on.
Not only were they visually creepy, when they had a continuous tone playing over it, it was way worse. You used to get that on teletext pages on BBC Two too. TVAM was always on though, or GMTV later on.
TV
You learn something new everyday, don't you.
That picture is quite sinister in a weird way. Just the fact that it is so old now, and has been used for so long and is 'famous' is really creepy to me. Hard to explain, but I'm sure a lot of people here will get it. It was so freaky when she spoke in 'Life On Mars'.
jrothwell97 posted:
It's not there just for decoration.
You learn something new everyday, don't you.
That picture is quite sinister in a weird way. Just the fact that it is so old now, and has been used for so long and is 'famous' is really creepy to me. Hard to explain, but I'm sure a lot of people here will get it. It was so freaky when she spoke in 'Life On Mars'.
ST
forget the clown, the look on that girl's face used to freak me out as a kid
DJGM posted:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/greg.mitchell3/misc/TestcardW.png
The all-time classic testcard ... in widescreen. And that god forsaken bloody clown puppet is still EVIL as ever.
It's EVIL I tell ya!
EVIL!
The all-time classic testcard ... in widescreen. And that god forsaken bloody clown puppet is still EVIL as ever.
It's EVIL I tell ya!
EVIL!
forget the clown, the look on that girl's face used to freak me out as a kid
JR
Yes, that image did have a test card. I would post the image put it's lapsed on the File Upload Service.
BF
What have I started here. I'm not talking about the girl & clown here I just mean generally picture-less Test Cards just make me feel funny when I look at them
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/43_testcards/dubai.jpg
just all those colours arranged like that. I don't find it 'scary' you understand just eerie and it makes me feel funny, and I get the high whistle in my head. I think it just takes me back to days of 'analogue' sky when you channel hoped and you always saw em
Oh and in what way is the below a test card??
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/other/lineup_girl_granada.jpg
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/43_testcards/dubai.jpg
just all those colours arranged like that. I don't find it 'scary' you understand just eerie and it makes me feel funny, and I get the high whistle in my head. I think it just takes me back to days of 'analogue' sky when you channel hoped and you always saw em
Oh and in what way is the below a test card??
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/other/lineup_girl_granada.jpg
JR
It tests colours (the panels on the left), whites and greyscales (the white furniture) and flesh tones (the girl in the middle).
Bewitched_Fan_2k posted:
Oh and in what way is the below a test card??
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/other/lineup_girl_granada.jpg
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/testcards/images/other/lineup_girl_granada.jpg
It tests colours (the panels on the left), whites and greyscales (the white furniture) and flesh tones (the girl in the middle).
DJ
Awaits multicolured laser bolts to shoot from her eyes like something out of a Doctor Who episode!
I gotta say though ... she looks like a creepier adult version of the little girl from testcards F + W
As Nick Ross used to say (before he got sacked) ... "Don't have nightmares!"
(Right, I'm off to eat some cheese sandwiches for me supper!)
Bewitched_Fan_2k posted:
Awaits multicolured laser bolts to shoot from her eyes like something out of a Doctor Who episode!
I gotta say though ... she looks like a creepier adult version of the little girl from testcards F + W
As Nick Ross used to say (before he got sacked) ... "Don't have nightmares!"
(Right, I'm off to eat some cheese sandwiches for me supper!)
DE
As far as I know, 'Colour Girl' has never been shown on broadcast television. It's used solely to line up multiple television cameras in one studio (usually). After using a greyscale testcard to get the camera exposure levels right, you point all of the cameras at 'Colour Girl' and tweak the colour levels until you get all of the cameras looking (a) the same and (b) natural. It's virtually impossible. I've spent hours looking at this particular image. After a while you become convinced she's plotting something against you.
PC
I know where you're coming from.
When you do see such a pattern that is entirely still, full of sharply contrasting and vivid shades of colour and without any form of human accompaniment, the difference to 'normal' television programming and pres is so much now - that could be unsettling to switch on to.
It's something that in these 24-hr broadcasting days you generally don't see though, so I expect future generations might get further spooked by appearances for its unfamiliarity.
Bewitched_Fan_2k posted:
What have I started here. I'm not talking about the girl & clown here I just mean generally picture-less Test Cards just make me feel funny when I look at them
I know where you're coming from.
When you do see such a pattern that is entirely still, full of sharply contrasting and vivid shades of colour and without any form of human accompaniment, the difference to 'normal' television programming and pres is so much now - that could be unsettling to switch on to.
It's something that in these 24-hr broadcasting days you generally don't see though, so I expect future generations might get further spooked by appearances for its unfamiliarity.