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TV Hates You

The trials and tribulations of
Sky One, UK Gold, Channel 4 and the BBC

All these channels are treating their viewers with extreme disdain, filling it up with onscreen crap and another annoyances. Read on and click on the channel logo for more information.

UK Gold: PRESS RED logos, onscreen nexts and extra permanent logos such as "7 Days to go to...".

BBC: The kings of annoyance with a BBC TWO Scotland DOG, PRESS RED logos that often can't be turned off, onscreen nexts and voice announcements DURING programmes and films such as "24" and Schindler's List.

Channel 4: A red dot onscreen 24/7 to advertise dubious unnecessary services which your children could use to run up a huge bill.

Sky One: Red dots, intrusive announcements, ALL NEW and extra permanent logos such as the Simpsons spinning doughnut.

Copyright Dominic Robinson, 2003.

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DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.

PC games reviewed by the editor are on:

  • Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
  • Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
  • Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
  • Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
  • Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP