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Old 09-05-2013, 19:22   #9
RichardCoulter
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Re: Can VM TV customers please answer this poll to help identify a possible fault.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
Some broadcasters put an "888" marker at the start of the programme to indicate that subtitles are available on teletext page 888. It's actually part of the video, not anything that VM are adding, and not a fault.
It looks like it's composed of characters generated by teletext as opposed to being on the video (like the BBC used to fade up and then down "888" to alert viewers that subtitles were available).

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Originally Posted by kop32 View Post
I sense a mass compensation claim coming..............
Why do you say that?

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Originally Posted by paul nolan View Post
you're not trying to access channel 888 are you? I remember something similar happened when my nipper got some rusk stuck on the '1' button.
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