On holiday with the missus visiting relatives in Poland & her granddad just casually pulled up Teletext

by scotishsteve420

23 comments

  1. This makes me happy for reasons I’m not entirely clear on.

  2. Still have it here in the Netherlands and it works on digital TV (I seem to remember in the UK “digital TV” was why they had to get rid of it).

    This website https://nos.nl/teletekst has a web version where the numbers are clickable. Same graphics but it’s really not the same if you’re not waiting for it to go around the numbers though.

  3. Multi multi. Veerrrrry multi. Ah ha ha ha ha!

    *Ebeneezer Goodes*

  4. Did you go to 555 and get the Lottery results? or straight to 301 for the Polish footie?

  5. I miss teletext! There’s a boring talks episode on it and it really nails the nostalgia of that short period of time before the internet was wide-spread when you could magically get information from your TV.

    It feels like such a small slice of time that I look back on very fondly – the right mix of being able to look up cinema listings and the like while the culture (I was a kid back then) was still to meet up with your mates outside and call home every few hours just to prove you were still alive.

  7. Anyone under the age of about 30 is very confused right now

  8. My grandpa used to love a bit of teletext 🥲 this makes me so nostalgic

  12. I think they also have it in Italy. I miss Teletext & Ceefax.

  14. Someone made me aware if you recorded any TV onto VHS – if you watch it back you can still access some Teletext from that day.

    I haven’t tried this though.

  15. I mind using ceefax to check cinema times. And look up local gigs at the city hall! I’m not even 40….

  17. Reet, I remember pressing the ‘reveal’ button and sometimes at the top the letters ‘PON’ happened.

    It’s there at the top again but in Poland.

    If anyone knows what ‘PON’ means in this context I’d appreciate it.

  18. Loved Ceefax/Oracle/Teletext. For an insomniac. was a true gift for so many years pre the internet. Found loads of bands I’d never have heard of on Planet Sound on 4.

  20. I would spend ages reading Teletext and Ceefax, as they were often much more interesting than the shite on telly.

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