Date   : Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:43:32 +0100
From   : joel@... (Joel Rowbottom)
Subject: Morley Teletext Adapter

Hi Anders --

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:35:29 +0200, "Anders Carlsson"
<anders.carlsson@...> wrote:

> While I don't have a clue how digital broadcasts work in the UK, I am
> fairly 
> positive the DVB aerial broadcasts here in Sweden still carry a teletext 
> signal.

I know some satellite (DVB-S) services still carry analogue teletext
transmissions, so I have no reason to believe DVB-T would be any different.

A bit of Googling leads me to this:
"Some people still want to access the old-style analogue teletext service,
but find that they can't after getting Sky TV or Freeview. You can still
access the older Ceefax and Teletext pages... just not via your set-top
box. If you want to view the old analogue teletext, you'll need to switch
the TV to analogue TV (e.g. Channel 1 for BBC1, as opposed to the AV input
for the feed from the digibox). As long as you're viewing TV via the aerial
input, and not via the SCART / AV input, pressing the text button on one of
the five main TV channels, should get you back to the old-style Ceefax and
Teletext services."
(from http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/tvfaq.html)

So perhaps it's not going to die out with analogue, or it still has a
little bit of life left in the old dog. I'm tempted to hook up a Freeview
box and give it a go.

HTH


j