ban-all-sheds
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Do Freeview and/or Freesat HD channels have station ID logos in the picture?
Oh well - I'll bump getting HD a long way down the priority list then.
Thanks for the info.
Yes - I do only watch those (actually, not 5, as that has one). And I'm pretty sure that Film4 is unsullied.I presume you watch nothing but BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five then as every other digital channel has a DOG.
"Not as noticeable" still means "noticeable", and that, for me, is completely unacceptable.All the HD ones are now quite transparent and not as noticeable as, say, the BBC Three DOG.
I was under the impression that this was not their purpose, rather to give an identification to the source of pirated material.DOGs are obtrusive and damaging, and I also find the imputation that I'm too stupid to know which channel I've chosen to watch deeply offensive.
I was under the impression that this was not their purpose, rather to give an identification to the source of pirated material.
I am not that thick, and I resent being treated as if I am.If you are brave, have a look at some of the more downmarket TV forums. The number of people who don't know which channel broadcasts a programme is quite an eye opener.
I can see how that theory might hold water with the more transparent ones, but some of them - jeez.The theory behind them is that they are at the periphery where our eyes only see something if it moves.
Yes.Of course once you know its there you might find your eye focussing on it.
Including, to their utter shame, some of the BBC children's channels. As if there wasn't already a big problem with children developing short attention spans and an inability to concentrate and focus - let's continually distract them.Indeed, some channels have introduced occasional movement into the DOG, in order to stop them being ignored.
It is.Personally, I'm not aware of most DOGs. I can imagine if you find them distracting it must be most infuriating.
The day that are no longer any TV channels without them is the day that I stop watching TV for ever.I absolutely detest these intrusive things but, after years of putting up with them I have succumbed to their inevitability.
Yes - I do only watch those (actually, not 5, as that has one). And I'm pretty sure that Film4 is unsullied.
"Not as noticeable" still means "noticeable", and that, for me, is completely unacceptable.
People wouldn't put up with it at the cinema, or the theatre, or the opera etc. They wouldn't appreciate a museum or art gallery logo stuck over the corner of a painting. They wouldn't want to hear a voice constantly murmuring the station ID when listening to a radio programme.
DOGs are obtrusive and damaging, and I also find the imputation that I'm too stupid to know which channel I've chosen to watch deeply offensive.
If someone made a black box which would process the signal to remove the DOG I'd buy it like a shot, but until then I'll stick to channels which don't vandalise the picture and don't tell me that I'm too thick to remember which buttons I pressed on the remote.
You could just use the zoom function on your tv move them off screen. Shame you find them so annoying though, do you get distracted by the tax disc in the corner of your car windscreen?
Whilst I also hate DOGs, I think we may as well get used to them. Virtually all TV channels across the globe now use them and they are slowly becoming the norm over here now as well. I think we are very much in the minority here in the UK.
I am absolutely serious about this:Whilst I also hate DOGs, I think we may as well get used to them. Virtually all TV channels across the globe now use them and they are slowly becoming the norm over here now as well. I think we are very much in the minority here in the UK.
We would not put up with it on the radio, we would not put up with it at the cinema, we would not put up with it at the theatre, we would not put up with it at the opera and we should not put up with it on TV.
The annoyance does not vary according to the price I have paid.but at the cinema you are paying £12+ per film, at that price i would be annoyed but at the cost of the Tv license a year i can't see a reason to complain.
Once the Destructive Onscreen Graffiti is added the content is no longer good - it's been turned into complete rubbish.I agree they are annoying but not to the point of missing some very good content just because it had 5 letters in the corner.
Well I never knew that.You can press the green button to remove the red disfigurement as you call it.
The day that are no longer any TV channels without them is the day that I stop watching TV for ever.
Yes - seriously.