ABC TV logo changes

Actually it is the SBS logo used during their news that caused burn-in on our plasma. The right hand portion (max white) is naturally the worst, with the other couple to the left of it still having left burns.

Not surprisingly asking them to tone the logo down like they do with some of their other programs hasn't had a result. Though I suppose no response is a result .......

For me the pivotal moment was when they published their new amp design mounted in a particularly cheap & shitty beige mini-tower computer case, complete with big knobs to make it look supremely naff.

I didn't see that one, but I'll never forget the 655 TV monitor manual with the Back Porch Generator cartoon (petrol generator on the back porch of a hillbilly shack), and the Phase Lock circuit (phi(?) symbol in a small jail cell) and another one or more I can't quite remember.

I thought they were hilarious and they put me in a better mood for repairing them.

There's a very small collection of Tektronix manual cartoons at

Bob

Did you ever see the Tektronix CRO manual (can't remember the model) where the horizontal output stage had a little racing car drawn on the output connection? Alan

Bob Parker wrote: .................

No "Nuts & Volts"?

Nope. Never seen that mag on Australian shelves.

Dave.

Which was plainly a stupid attempt at recycling. However the circuit design was OK, and I built one into a standard rack case long before they realised their error and redesigned it with a normal case. I'll bet I wasn't the only one either.

MrT.

Cheers TT

That's too bad. It started out being printed on recycled newspaper, and evolve to an actual magazine. Lots of projects, and it used to have advertisements from lots of surplus dealers in the US and Canada.

Seen it occasionally on library shelves, lots of overseas magazines can go to over $15-20 mark here on newsstands. I like Nuts and Volts format and the wide variety of projects featured.

I think that I still have some of the early issues. Some of the projects are available on their website, and you can subscribe to an electronic version.

Far less so IMO, and at least the cigarette packet warnings don't affect the cigarettes themselves, whereas watermarks always affect the actual program.

I think the prime aim is simply to irritate viewers as much as possible, and the channels are engaged in a battle to see who can do it best.

MrT.

Thanks Bob - I hadn't realized how many there were. Alan

Bob Parker wrote: ..................

For irritation it is hard to match the recent format for such shows as Border Security. About 2 minutes of good stuff, then lots of adverts, then a recap of at least one minute of the previous two minutes. Arrgh!

: > Far less so IMO, and at least the cigarette packet warnings don't affect : > the : > cigarettes themselves, whereas watermarks always affect the actual : > program. : >

: > I think the prime aim is simply to irritate viewers as much as possible, : > and : > the channels are engaged in a battle to see who can do it best. : >

: > MrT. : >

: For irritation it is hard to match the recent format for such shows as : Border Security. About 2 minutes of good stuff, then lots of adverts, then a : recap of at least one minute of the previous two minutes. Arrgh! : Worse still is when some of the old Foxtel logos used to give screen burn! IIRC Fox 8 was the main culprit :-(

Cheers TT

I've also noticed those TV programs catering for people with a goldfish attention span appearing on the ABC as well.

Finally found a current copy of SC once I went to one of the larger newsagents in town, I guess the other hole in the wall newsagents stock high sales items such as FHM and Picture magazine.