Here in the UK, often times on satellite stations, there appears a black box in the corner of the television (usually on the right) which has white bozes moving through it. Does any one know what this signifies? Is this recorded content or something? It is like a progress bar or something.
Thanks!
Mike
2007-10-13 10:05:07 · 12 answers · asked by Mike H 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Its a timer - usually to the adverts.
2007-10-13 10:07:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like closed captioning, which is where they type the words out on the screen of whatever the people are saying. It's meant for deaf people to be able to watch TV I guess, but I hate it because they hardly ever get the words right, lots of typos and misspellings and stuff. My tv does it automatically whenever it's on mute, but when I turn up the volume it goes away. Maybe there's some setting on your tv that's messed up so you see white boxes instead of the typed words. Idk though, I live in the US.
2007-10-13 17:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens about 1 minute before an advert break
2007-10-13 17:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by Al 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about times or things but this i think is because, ever a commercial break is coming, the end of the programme is coming or the video needs changing, old fashioned though i think
xxx vici
2007-10-13 17:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by vici 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a countdown timer for the people sequencing the programmes.
2007-10-13 17:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by CTRL Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In movies you often see it-its a signal to the projectionist to change the reel....but on TV its a signal that the comercial break is imminent
2007-10-13 17:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by Modbird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to say.. its just letting you know when to dash out and grab a cold beer from the firdge as adverts are up next... happy viewing
2007-10-13 17:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by sammm20003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always understood this to be either news coming in or a break about to happen.
2007-10-13 17:08:19 · answer #8 · answered by Debz 06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be edititng cues. Do they come up just before the ads come on?
2007-10-14 09:05:06 · answer #9 · answered by Curious Cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It signifies an add break.Is coming up.
2007-10-13 17:09:03 · answer #10 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋