Talk:Test Card J

Two Questions

First question, was the speaking clock on the 2007 test the voice of Sara Mendes da Costa who won the position of the speaking clock during the latest Children in Need? Just curious...

Second question, Do the BBC have any plans to bring back the Test card after recent requests for it to be re-aired?

First Question answer

No. It was a different rendition to the phone one. I know this is because the phone one says: "At the third stroke, the time sponsored by Accurate will be Four twelve and ten seconds precisely" However, the one on the background to the test card said: "Four, twelve and ten seconds" and it sounded much more eletrical.

Riatsila 17:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Was it really broadcast in April?

Today I checked the article and it said that it was last broadcast on 24th April 2007. Is this true? I've checked the Radio Times, and there is nothing about it in there.

Riatsila 15:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

April Broadcast Hoax

I'm afraid not, somebody tried to trick us.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cooky-cy (talk • contribs) 20:14, 29 April 2007 (UTC).

RE April Hoax

Thats a shame. Shame.

Riatsila 10:14, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: I suggest you get in contact with the BBC that's what I did

Cooky-cy 16:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. I'll ask them when the test cards are due to be shown.

Riatsila 20:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Any Luck, so far? - Cooky-cy

No, not yet. I sent the email recently, and all I got was a message saying that the email may take a long time as they recieve so many emails.

Riatsila 18:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I got and I still got a responce, you may have to wait a little while before they reply to you :)

Cooky-cy 19:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I got a reply and they had nothing to tell me about. All they gave me was a link to the Meldrum Test Card site.

Riatsila 19:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Is that it!? That's pretty damm pathetic, that doesn't even answer your question, why can't they just show it instead of Learning Zone or Ceefax. First they cancell Doctor Who for Eurovision and now this, the BBC is really starting to annoy me lately.

Cooky-cy 22:24, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not saying bring back closedowns and test trade transmissions, just I would like to see Test Card for real: either unsheduled or during and engineering test.

Riatsila 14:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Well of coarse, I doubt the BBC will quit 24 hour programming, I just want our test cards back and I don't see the harm in them doing so, it's like they are trying to avoid it.

Cooky-cy 16:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Testcard J.jpg

Nothing against this picture, but:

1. It looks rather like a screenshot

2. The BBC logo looks rather like it has been edited on (I may be wrong)

This is a good picture, but unless anyone has a oppositition, I would like to switch back to Image:TCJ.jpg as soon as possible. If you have a problem, contact me on my User talk:Riatsila

Thanks,

Riatsila 15:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Now changed it. If you have an issue, please contact me on my Talk page.

Riatsila 15:37, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I kinda prefer the other one, it looks more.......authentic =9

Cooky-cy 18:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Video Game

For pete sake if I see that false video game article one more time, I'll throw a cat out of the window, whoever you are, stop it now, it isn't funny or clever, you are just making a moron out of yourself and I bet that was the same person who changed the test card date too.

--Cooky-cy 16:03, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

And, also, it now says on the page that it was last seen on the 2nd of July, done by the same user who did the video game rubbish. Whoever you are, please stop it!

--Riatsila (talk) 12:29, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

2008 sightings?

Its about this time of year that the BBC do the Rebroadcast test thing on BBC1 and 2. I read [1] here that the tests are taking place on Wednesday 9th January, from 02:30 to 03:30 on BBC 2 and 04:30 to 05:30 on BBC 1. Will we see test card J? I will don my anorak and record it onto tape...

I don't know if this really counts as a proper appearance but Test Card J did appear briefly on a repeat of Have I Got News For You presented by Moira Stewart on Monday Febuary 4th 2008 as part of a joke about Venezuelan TV censorship —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.30.37.47 (talk) 12:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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2009

The next RBS test is looming, does anybody know the exact time & date of when these tests take place, test card fans reading this article may find it interesting.

--TardisShell (talk) 20:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, this years tests should be around soon, and on the 12th January. Anyone going to record and put onto youtube? I might not be able to this year. Also, could this possibly be the last RBS tests due to the digital switchover? Or will they still happen in analogue areas? Thoughts please...

Riatsila (talk) 22:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming they'll go on until 2012 when the whole of UK has digital, given that I'm from the Anglia reigon which doesn't switch to digital until 2011 according to Wikipedia article, Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom

Atleast it wouldn't mean the end of the test card seeing as we can still access Test Card W on Freeview and the new test card on BBC HD.

--TardisShell (talk) 17:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Test Card J/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Trivia section of Test Card J I venture that this single entry is not so much trivia and a broadcasting or narrowcasting particular of its transmission particulars or protocol band that it be moved out to another section, thusly eliminating the Trivia section into the bargain.

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