Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

it will turn up on langley!1

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

No you can't turm it off on sky- thats why I am no longer a sky customer.

It sounds like the ntl one is a bit better ---but it will still screw videos

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

Yes you can turn it off on Sky if you have Sky+ , enter live pause and then play. Result no red dot and only a fraction of a second behind normal broadcast.

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

I thought you could turn off the red dot on sky, by using the backup button?

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You can, but it reappears after ad breaks if done this way.

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

The red dot will soon become a feature on all Digital TV households.. I dont find it a problem - I know i can press the TV button and it will go. most of the time I dont even notice it!

ntl & Sky will not want us to be able to stop the dot - so to speak - as they can charge more for interacive advetising. It costs nearly twice as much for an interacive advert - and they will want as many people to see that as possable.

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<Insults removed> - Steve H


This stuff is so bad that I watched all my TV on terrestrial analogue -- footie cos it was widescreen - BB cos no red button

MAD

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

Excuse me, less of the insults. :mad:

I do understand, the same happens with NTL.

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

So are you honestly saying that the prompt in the pic below (which disappears after about a minute) is really that distracting? :rolleyes:

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Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

The BBC are leading the way with red button. There red button prompt comes up when there is relevant interactive and vanishes after about a minute. This is how it should be, unlike channel 4 who keep it there permanently with non-relevant content.

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And of course if operated in that way the dot could appear on relevant adverts and dissapear afterwards.

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NOTHING is in widescreen on analogue (bar some movies, which are very occasionly shown in letterbox). Football is ALWAYS a 4:3 crop on analogue - Euro 2004 is in fact 4:3 on digital as well (except for the studio parts).

(sorry to go off topic - I just felt that should be pointed out!)

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

Just to clarify - presumably the channel is including some flag in the programme data stream to say 'digital content is available'. Then, the NTL box responds by showing the red dot permanently while freeview etc are more intelligent and only show their 'press red' for a moment or two??

Is this correct?? I can't see how the broadcaster can control this - how can they know when you have just turned to the channel to display the info.

The problem is definitely with NTL - why blame the broadcasters??

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

So if the problem is with Ntl why does the BBC 'Press Red' icon disappear after a few seconds?

Re: [Merged]Interactive and the Red Button
 

because Ionnny is wrong , lol