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TV E/I or Rating bug! Simple solution to the distraction!

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allisonmarie

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Why don't all these concerned engineers and big brother types just have the television makers put an LED display just below the lower right of the screen for all the program ratings and any other information the average TV viewer doesn't need to know anyway? I know where I'd like to tell them to put it but I'm too nice a person to do so! Can they say Common Sense?!! Oh! By the way and a code built in to turn it off (so the kiddies can't, lol lol) by those so inclined to do so. Big Brother has arrived in a big way. Oh! Brother! God save us from them or him/her!
 
> Why don't all these concerned engineers and big brother
> types just have the television makers put an LED display
> just below the lower right of the screen for all the program
> ratings and any other information the average TV viewer
> doesn't need to know anyway? I know where I'd like to tell
> them to put it but I'm too nice a person to do so! Can they
> say Common Sense?!! Oh! By the way and a code built in to
> turn it off (so the kiddies can't, lol lol) by those so
> inclined to do so. Big Brother has arrived in a big way. Oh!
> Brother! God save us from them or him/her!
>

That's a good idea. . . They can put another one right next to it that constantly reminds us what channel we're watching and even build in a little news-crawler on top.

If we have to have all this pointless crap, at least remove it from the main body of the screen and give that space back to the programs.
 
> They can put another one right next
> to it that constantly reminds us what channel we're watching

TVs used to have one of those... It was called the channel display, kind of like the arrow on the old dial televisions. It constantly told you what channel you were on. Unfortunately, this went away as TVs gained On-Screen displays.

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> Why don't all these concerned engineers and big brother
> types just have the television makers put an LED display
> just below the lower right of the screen for all the program
> ratings and any other information the average TV viewer
> doesn't need to know anyway? I know where I'd like to tell
> them to put it but I'm too nice a person to do so! Can they
> say Common Sense?!! Oh! By the way and a code built in to
> turn it off (so the kiddies can't, lol lol) by those so
> inclined to do so. Big Brother has arrived in a big way. Oh!
> Brother! God save us from them or him/her!

If people concerned about "objectionable content" for their kids would learn to use the fripping V-Chip that they lobbied so hard for, instead of subjecting the rest of the world to their "protective" ratings bugs, we'd all be better off.

At the rate this is going, I may well shut off my satellite dish before long and watch DVDs only. And you can bet I will send letters (not e-mails) to every network I "used" to watch, telling them why their advertisers' messages are no longer reaching me ... you have to hit them in the wallet!<P ID="signature">______________


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> TVs used to have one of those... It was called the channel
> display, kind of like the arrow on the old dial televisions.
> It constantly told you what channel you were on.
> Unfortunately, this went away as TVs gained On-Screen
> displays.
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Why did they do away with those displays anyway? I haven't seen a new set with one of those since maybe 1988. I always liked them, and the on-screen display is distracting when you've first put on a channel. Especially on some sets that have a huge display.

When were on-screen displays first introduced? The earliest example I have seen is from a 1985 promo on TV Ark for WTAF TV 29 (now WTXF Fox 29) in Philadelphia. A very primative looking "CH 29" is briefly shown on a TV set as the ad starts. Heck, you could still buy B/W sets with knobs back then!
 
> > Why don't all these concerned engineers and big brother
> > types just have the television makers put an LED display
> > just below the lower right of the screen for all the
> program
> > ratings and any other information the average TV viewer
> > doesn't need to know anyway? I know where I'd like to tell
>
> > them to put it but I'm too nice a person to do so! Can
> they
> > say Common Sense?!! Oh! By the way and a code built in to
> > turn it off (so the kiddies can't, lol lol) by those so
> > inclined to do so. Big Brother has arrived in a big way.
> Oh!
> > Brother! God save us from them or him/her!
>
> If people concerned about "objectionable content" for their
> kids would learn to use the fripping V-Chip that they
> lobbied so hard for, instead of subjecting the rest of the
> world to their "protective" ratings bugs, we'd all be better
> off.
>



Whine, complain, gripe...hey look, not everybody who actually cares about what their kids watch is in favor of those giant annoying bugs. Frankly I can't stand them but I also hate the attitude that comes from people who just want to lay a blanket of blame over everybody else. Did some protestor ask specifically that this be done? If not, then your problem is with the programmer who had this idea. If they did, your problem is still with the programmer who didn't have the guts to say no.


> At the rate this is going, I may well shut off my satellite
> dish before long and watch DVDs only. And you can bet I
> will send letters (not e-mails) to every network I "used" to
> watch, telling them why their advertisers' messages are no
> longer reaching me ... you have to hit them in the wallet!
>
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> > TVs used to have one of those... It was called the
> channel
> > display, kind of like the arrow on the old dial
> televisions.
> > It constantly told you what channel you were on.
> > Unfortunately, this went away as TVs gained On-Screen
> > displays.
> ------------
> Why did they do away with those displays anyway? I haven't
> seen a new set with one of those since maybe 1988. I always
> liked them, and the on-screen display is distracting when
> you've first put on a channel. Especially on some sets that
> have a huge display.
>
> When were on-screen displays first introduced? The earliest
> example I have seen is from a 1985 promo on TV Ark for WTAF
> TV 29 (now WTXF Fox 29) in Philadelphia. A very primative
> looking "CH 29" is briefly shown on a TV set as the ad
> starts. Heck, you could still buy B/W sets with knobs back
> then!
>

I have a Sony from 1988 that has them... My uncle's Sony console from the mid-80s has them I believe.. And they're the roll-up kind too!

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