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Do normal people mute the ads or just let the television keep going? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I diligently mute them, I'm a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people's complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they've said?

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I found a cool way of ad-blocking back when I watched TV. Probably does not work anymore, and relies on Teletext page 888 (closed captions, the number varies by country) not being updated during ads.

Mute
Switch to another channel and back to clear Teletext cache
Turn on fullscreen Teletext, any page (I like the 89x test patterns)
Type "888" as the page you want to go to
The TV will now wait for 888 to be broadcast, which only happens after ads and trailers
The program is now running with captions. Disable Teletext and unmute if you want sound instead.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

What British wizardry is this?

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.noblecollection.com/Item--i-PRP-HP-8050

Raise it straight up in the air and say "Addi-nau-seum" into the microphone, then quickly point it at the TV.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Sadly I don't think Teletext has been broadcast (in the UK at least) in over a decade

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It definitely still works in the Czech Republic and Germany. Our pre-2023 president was an avid user. Public TV stations hand-format their own and syndicated news for 39 columns and pick monthly poetry. Commercial stations just automatically jam syndicated news into the format, sometimes overflowing to another subpage just by 1 word, and host huge amounts of banner and fullscreen ads with meh graphics by Teletext standards, mostly for dodgy phone services like tarot and erotic hotlines. They also host "chat24", probably the worst message board ever: imagine a public IRC room but $0.50 per message (by SMS) including setting your nickname and color.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/JF3wN6L

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