Comment by notheruser
7 years ago
A television tuned to a dead channel looks like the HBO logo... A quick google search said it was still in use as of 2015.
7 years ago
A television tuned to a dead channel looks like the HBO logo... A quick google search said it was still in use as of 2015.
What? I was assuming it meant a static "white noise" image. And... yeah, I remember them happening. But in modern transmission systems, that is a complete fabrication. There is nothing about getting white noise to transmit to look like that, and it in fact takes more effort to create such a screen.
Last television I hooked up using a digital antenna would simply not show anything if the signal didn't exist. If you had poor signal, you'd get more compression artifacts. Nothing there should translate to the white noise image.
Right?
Type in HBO Static Intro and you'll see what I mean. Example on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC_uTMkmH08
OK, yeah. I know what static is. It isn't like HBO invented that. So, back to the original point. I suspect that it is a short matter of time before nobody really knows what that is anymore. My kids have certainly never seen it. And it is no longer what a television on a "dead" channel shows.
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