Turn off channel ident

Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

Often when watching films it's very conspicuous

"Jim" wrote in message
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Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

Often when watching films it's very conspicuous



If only...! :-((

"Jim" wrote in message
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Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

This issue has come up very frequently in this newsgroup. Most people find
it infuriating and totally unnecessary. After all, you know what channel it
is because you switched your telly to it!

It especially drives me mad that they put the bloody logo on BBC HD.

Anyway, there is no way of removing it, because it's built into the normal
picture transport stream, so your TV has no way of separating it from the
"real" picture.

SteveT

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:34:59 -0000, "Steve Thackery"
wrote:

Anyway, there is no way of removing it, because it's built into the normal
picture transport stream, so your TV has no way of separating it from the
"real" picture.

It must be possible to cancel out a part of the picture that remains
static for more than a certain time. All we need is some company to
make a suitable gadget to do the cancel!

Steve

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"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:34:59 -0000, "Steve Thackery"
wrote:

Anyway, there is no way of removing it, because it's built into the normal
picture transport stream, so your TV has no way of separating it from the
"real" picture.

It must be possible to cancel out a part of the picture that remains
static for more than a certain time. All we need is some company to
make a suitable gadget to do the cancel!

But what would you fill the resultant 'hole' with? An average of the
surrounding picture? Surely, it could end up being more distracting than the
unwanted ident?

V

"Jim" wrote in message
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Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

Often when watching films it's very conspicuous


Just put some electrical tape on the screen where the logo is, Bingo problem
solved :-))

Always willing to help

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:41:25 -0000, "Victor Delta"
wrote:

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:34:59 -0000, "Steve Thackery"
wrote:

Anyway, there is no way of removing it, because it's built into the normal
picture transport stream, so your TV has no way of separating it from the
"real" picture.

It must be possible to cancel out a part of the picture that remains
static for more than a certain time. All we need is some company to
make a suitable gadget to do the cancel!

But what would you fill the resultant 'hole' with? An average of the
surrounding picture? Surely, it could end up being more distracting than the
unwanted ident?

V

There wouldn't be a hole for the static time chosen as the rest of the
picture is still moving. Some of the moving picture must be covered by
static bit. I'm not suggesting it would be just a simple inverted
screen area as there has to be a time period involved. Even if a hole
were produced it must be possible to fill it with something less
noticeable. The average you mention may be one possible filler.

Steve.

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In article ,
Victor Delta wrote:

It must be possible to cancel out a part of the picture that remains
static for more than a certain time. All we need is some company to
make a suitable gadget to do the cancel!

But what would you fill the resultant 'hole' with? An average of the
surrounding picture? Surely, it could end up being more distracting than the
unwanted ident?

By concidence I was just looking at an Adobe demo of so-called "content-
aware filling":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI

I'm sure that it would be possible to do a reasonably good job of
removing logos and so on with similar techniques.

-- Richard
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In article ,
Jim wrote:

Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

Often when watching films it's very conspicuous

Just put some electrical tape on the screen where the logo is, Bingo problem
solved :-))

Or for that traditional look just round off all the corners.

-- Richard
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Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.

"Jim" wrote in message
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Is it possible to turn off the Freeview channel ident ?

Often when watching films it's very conspicuous

But surely you would immediately forget what channel you were watching? Or
at least that's the line the channel producers take.

Apparently you are an exception in that your memory works for longer than
the average TV program ;-).

Paul DS.