VCR with Teletext?

Johnny_the_fox · 31-08-2002 2:07am #1

Say you have a tv without teletext, I was wondering if it is possible to get a video recorder with teletext function.....?

or am i mad, and its not possible.....

Repli · 31-08-2002 7:24am

I think it's called teletext for a reason

Johnny_the_fox · 31-08-2002 9:26am

Originally posted by Repli
I think it's called teletext for a reason

ach you know what I mean.... its just for a matter of interest...

sceptre · 31-08-2002 9:56am

(shoot me down here if I'm wrong, please)

Wouldn't work afaik. The text decoding has to be done by the TV (as it receives the 25 frames a second including the text one) - the VCR won't ever provide more than a pass through function wrt watching anything save an VCR OSD on the box. It's just a small chip inside the telly.

Pigman · 31-08-2002 12:57pm

I don't see why not! My computer has teletext for example. As long as you have a television signal being pumped into a devise there is no reason why it shouldn't be able to avail of teletext presuming it has hardware to deal with it.

However since all VCR's need a TV and since all tvs usually have TT it's not likely you're ever going to find a VCR that performs this function.

bkehoe · 31-08-2002 1:16pm

Is the channel name only carried in teletext? If so, then my Philips vcr does 'read' the text signal as it auto detects the channel names.

Brendan

byte · 31-08-2002 2:49pm

Most new VCR's can determine the channel ID now from teletext headers, I assume. But that's about it. They don't allow you to view TT pages etc.

There are very few TVs nowadays that don't include TT. It's a standard now really

Winters · 31-08-2002 3:23pm

The VCR has no need for teletext. All it does is record the images on the signal and not the text. Modern televisions (Like Mine ) can actucully program the VCR can visa versa. Its only until tehe next generation of vcr comes out that you may be able to record teletext.

sceptre · 31-08-2002 3:52pm

Originally posted by Winters
Its only until tehe next generation of vcr comes out that you may be able to record teletext.

There are a few of those out already (don't have any details to hand though) - useful for recording subtitles (nothing to do with close-captioning - it actually does record the page 888 feed). Still need a teletext Tv to view them with what's out already though.

longword · 31-08-2002 4:00pm

VHS VCRs that record teletext do exist but they're not common and probably quite expensive. Their primary market is the deaf community. I think the feature is a bit more common in SVHS recorders. More expensive again.

daveJAM · 31-08-2002 6:26pm

My VCR reads the time from the teletext so i guess it wouldnt be much of a stretch to say this would be possible

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