BBC "Sky tomorrow morning"

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Thank goodness for video.

Rgs.
PaulB.

In message , Paul A Brierley
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Thank goodness for video.

Seems reasonable to me. It's been the last programme on a Sunday night
for years, but tonight they've got two films on. And doesn't about 90%
of households have a video recorder? Anyway, it's repeated next
Saturday.
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In message , Paul A Brierley
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Thank goodness for video.

Seems reasonable to me. It's been the last programme on a Sunday night
for years, but tonight they've got two films on. And doesn't about 90%
of households have a video recorder? Anyway, it's repeated next
Saturday.

Still, it would be nice if the .ram files of Sky at Night on the website
were of half-decent quality. Just in case you miss the program.
It would also be nice if they weren't bloody RealPlayer files though.

Cheers,
Subz

Thanks for the reminder, I always tape this as I have to be up for work
quite early in the mornings.

I agree with other people in this chain that it has been the 'last' program
on the Sunday night for some long years now. As has been pointed out, there
are VCRs and also the following Saturday repeat.

Regards

Adrian Dnes

"Paul A Brierley" wrote in message
...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Thank goodness for video.

Rgs.
PaulB.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Seems reasonable to me. It's been the last programme on a Sunday night
for years, but tonight they've got two films on. And doesn't about 90%
of households have a video recorder? Anyway, it's repeated next Saturday.

Although I have a video recorder, it's not much use to me as I rely
very heavily on subtitles, which my video recorder doesn't record.
I don't believe that there are any videos which record subtitles now.

Cheers,

Paul

"Adrian Dnes" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the reminder, I always tape this as I have to be up for work
quite early in the mornings.

I agree with other people in this chain that it has been the 'last'
program
on the Sunday night for some long years now. As has been pointed out,
there
are VCRs and also the following Saturday repeat.

Regards

Adrian Dnes

I'm afraid this is just typical of the BBC. But if Sir Patrick were to do
some anti American I hate George W Bush special, I bet the BBC would move it
up the schedule. This crap about VCR's is also missing the point. Why don't
they put Eastenders out at 2:30am? (Personally I wish they would) If the BBC
keep sticking science programmes out at stupid times of the night, then when
are youngsters supposed to get to watch them? Many people channel hop and if
they find something that catches their interest they tend to watch it. There
is no reason why the Sky at Night could not go out earlier on say BBC 2. Of
course if the Sky at Night had a few more explosion in it and Sir Patrick
got on some crapper (sorry rapper) called F Diddy or Master Bum Biter and
had lots of swearing it could probably go out during the "YUUF" hour.

Martin

"Paul Warren" wrote in message
...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC.
Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning.

Seems reasonable to me. It's been the last programme on a Sunday night
for years, but tonight they've got two films on. And doesn't about 90%
of households have a video recorder? Anyway, it's repeated next
Saturday.

Although I have a video recorder, it's not much use to me as I rely
very heavily on subtitles, which my video recorder doesn't record.
I don't believe that there are any videos which record subtitles now.

Cheers,

Paul

S-VHS machines, now available for not much over £100 as VHS dies a lingering
death, will record teletext and replay P888 just as if it was live.

P.

In article , Martin
writes

I'm afraid this is just typical of the BBC.

Maybe two different astronomers should elect to have each other's
observatory re-decorated each week - then it could be shown at prime-
time on BBC1.

Once upon a time, I used to enjoy Horizon's documentaries about space
research and the various missions. Some of the recent efforts haven't
been nearly as good as the ones I remember from the 1980s and early
1990s. Sadly, directors seem to think that the viewing public require
flashy graphics, inappropriate music and jazzy camera angles to grab the
audience's attention. Maybe most of the public do. I'd rather hear fifty
minutes of solid information, personally, without all of the trimmings.

Hopefully there should be enough information for some good programmes
from the Stardust sample return mission, the MERs and Cassini/Huygens in
the next few years. If I'm still alive in the late 2010s, I would look
forward to a programme on the New Horizons mission! The last half-decent
series I saw was BBC's 'The Planets', which I note is now available on
DVD - I may have to buy a copy to replace my worn-out videoed copy!

--
Graeme

S-VHS machines, now available for not much over £100 as VHS dies a lingering
death, will record teletext and replay P888 just as if it was live.

The RNID literature states that it used to be possible to buy
video recorders with this capability (Panasonic models if my
memory serves me correctly). However, Panasonic has discontinued
these models!

I'll look into it again, but it's probably more sense to
invest in a DVD recorder, which I believe can record
subtitles (one way or another).

Thanks for in the info though!

Cheers,

Paul

Wasn't it Paul Warren who wrote:
S-VHS machines, now available for not much over £100 as VHS dies a lingering
death, will record teletext and replay P888 just as if it was live.

The RNID literature states that it used to be possible to buy
video recorders with this capability (Panasonic models if my
memory serves me correctly). However, Panasonic has discontinued
these models!

I'll look into it again, but it's probably more sense to
invest in a DVD recorder, which I believe can record
subtitles (one way or another).

My DVD recorder (Phillips DVDR70) can't.

I can, however, tell my freeview digibox to display digital subtitles.
These are merged with the decoded image, so when that is recorded the
recording contains the subtitles.

With my particular digibox it's not possible to switch subtitles on in
timer mode. The only way to do it is to manually switch the digibox to
the required channel, switch subtitles on, and leave it running all
night, setting a recorder (tape or DVD) to record from it at the
relevant time.

--
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure