54andcounting 0 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Anybody saddened to see this cease to be as of Wednesday 30th October? The telly service was full of sports news including footy latest news covering individual clubs on both sides of the border which had dedicated pages on Rangers as well. The BBC text service in comparison hasn't had much to say about Rangers since our drop to the lower leagues and only report on the negative stories that emerge, never ever do we get a match report from them, not a mention either of tonights Ramsdens Cup semi-final match at Ochilview whereas over on Sky you get team news followed by a full match review after the game. I'll miss Sky Text...but thankfully we do have 'Gersnet where anything you want to know about Rangers can be found. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Haven't used any text on telly for about 15 years... Except as a one off curiosity for the digital telly version. Internet is a lot easier, especially since News Now came on-line. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,025 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 My folks use the bbc text service regularly. Old habits die hard though. I did a quick check and the articles are the same as compared with the website. Quite why they would use the telly when they've invested in Kindle Fire's, is anyones guess. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I thought this stopped in the 90s 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Awright awright bunch of :wanker: I like to read it when relaxing with a cuppa in front of the tv without the laptop in my road. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Awright awright bunch of :wanker: I like to read it when relaxing with a cuppa in front of the tv without the laptop in my road. Get a small tablet (or smartphone) and a smart tv. You can browse on the tablet and then "throw" the page to the tv... MirrorLink and Widi compatible stuff will be even better. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Nothing used to beat Ceefax and teletext in the 80s and 90s! I used to be glued to the scores every Saturday. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN63 0 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 still use Sky text, agree with Calscot, good to use when you're in front of the telly, split screen stuff, mixture of sport and text, Sky had a dedicated Rangers page, thought it was good information source. Disappointed to see it go, in fact had been trying it today and couldn't work out why it wasn't working, until I read this! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 to be honest this thread is beyond trolling. Sitting in my room I can look up the internet on my TV, ps3, iphone, ipad, pc, laptop or god knows what else and some poor sod is still using teletext . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,044 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 bet they bring it back 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.