Date   : Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:53:10 +0200
From   : anders.carlsson@... (Anders Carlsson)
Subject: Morley Teletext Adapter

Hello,

> 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,

There could certainly be differences in the equipment between our two 
countries. I know my parents in their summer cottage were forced to switch 
to digital TV a couple of years ago. Their digital box has a built in 
teletext interface so I believe the box generates the signal, not the old 
teletext interface in the TV. Apart from the public service TV, we also have 
a couple of commercial distributors who offer various subscriptions. Every 
digital box tends to be different so it is possible their boxes don't 
support teletext. However since teletext is used for optional subtitling 
(*), I think they all support it for now.

(*) I believe in theory digital TV can have its own subtitle tracks, but not 
yet.

I live in an apartment with cable TV which still is analogue and will 
probably be for a number of years forward.

But in case the broadcasts end, someone might come up with alternative uses. 
For example a device that goes online to fetch the latest Twitter and submit 
it as a teletext signal. On the other hand one could fetch those messages 
from the Internet and display on the computer directly without doing a 
double conversion over teletext... :-D

Best regards

-- 
Anders Carlsson