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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 00:16
The average person spends almost 10 years of their life watching TV.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 00:18
The first VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) was made by Sony in 1970.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 14-01-2019 00:25
(14-01-2019 00:15 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote: From 1967 to 1998, the BBC showed a static image of 8 year old Carole Hersee with a blackboard and toy clown known as Test Card F whenever a channel wasn’t on air.
And amazingly it is still used today.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - rpj316 - 14-01-2019 01:52
On December 15th 1978 the first Laserdisc player,manufactured by Phillips went on sale in Atlanta,Georgia.The Magnavox 8000 cost $749 and the manufacturers were immediate besieged by customers complaining of technical issues.The first title on the system to be marketed in North America was Jaws.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 14-01-2019 02:01
Just noticed we've hit over 1,000 posts as well as 100 pages-bloody ell!
In Mork and Mindy there was a character who would return as Mr Bickley called Mr Wanker-the US not realising that in this country that means something completely different. However, it wasn't edited out when shown on Channel 4-but also wasn't edited for a repeat.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - The Silent Majority - 14-01-2019 03:57
(14-01-2019 02:01 )GreenMachine Wrote: Just noticed we've hit over 1,000 posts as well as 100 pages-bloody ell!
100 x 10 = 1000, who knew...
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 11:36
German Inventor Paul Nipkow managed to achieve static black and white television transmission with his famous ‘Electric Telescope’ in 1884.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 11:40
About 1% of the static in between the channels of an FM radio or an old analog TV is leftover radiation from the Big Bang.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 11:42
Most of the radio broadcasts delivered by Robin Williams in the film ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ were improvised.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 14-01-2019 11:45
The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be scrapped after 20 years. It only survived because the military started using it as a radio tower, intercepting crucial military transmissions during WW1.