> > I've just got Freesat HD, and it's amazing to see the best picture > > quality that the BBC broadcast. But then they go and spoil > it with a > > DOG in the corner. It's almost worth reverting to watching > the program > > on BBC 1. > > If they must have a logo, do it with MHEG and enable the > exit button > > (like how it says Press Red). > > As a wise man once said to me - the problem with allowing you > to turn such things off, is that people will switch them off!
A year or so ago, it was discovered by some clever bod (who had a Sky box and too much free time) that if you pressed the red button to start the red button features loading, then pressed Back Up quickly, it would kill the MHEG/interactive layer... But best of all, until you changed channels, nothing else would appear on your screen in the way of interactive overlays, red button icons or "win a car/win £100,000/competition/pressmepressmepressme" icons. This little unintentional bug proved exceptionally popular in my household, as I suspect it did in other households across the UK - even my technophobe mum learnt how to do it very quickly, and delighted at the lack of on-screen litter forced into her field of vision. That was, until Sky 'fixed the problem' with a software update. The problem with allowing people to turn such things off is that people soon realise that there really IS no reason for having them in the first place. My golden rule is if something doesn't improve what's already there, it's entirely unnecessary. (Channel DOGs fall into this category as well.) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
