Messeges Flashed up in TV programs

Combat squirrel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:45

Just watching brainiac on sky three and twice in under 10mins a 1 frame messege flashed up saying 'you are thirsty' luckly im watching it on my PC and rewound it to go through frame by frame and a big messege that says that flashes, both in the program and on the commercial break, what on earth ? :confused:

lol

Angus-Higgins · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:48

Was the programme about subliminal messages?

Angus Higgins

Phil99 · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:50

There'll be a bit seeing if you noticed them later in the programme.

Combat squirrel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:50

haha yeah there explaining it now

glad I clocked it

lol

No-One · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:50

Yeah. I've seen that one. Later on they said they've slipped subliminal messages into the program to see if people were affected. Thnk one of them was "phone your mum"

Spinal2k2 · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:55

Combat squirrel said:
Just watching brainiac on sky three and twice in under 10mins a 1 frame messege flashed up saying 'you are thirsty' luckly im watching it on my PC and rewound it to go through frame by frame and a big messege that says that flashes, both in the program and on the commercial break, what on earth ? lol

how do you have the sky box setup to go into the pc etc.

Combat squirrel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:56

Spinal2k2 said:
how do you have the sky box setup to go into the pc etc.

Its on freeview channel 11, using a dvb-t happauge nova-t pci

dave2k2005 · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:02

Ahh, I missed the end

But I was watching when the "you are thirsty" part came up. Was wondering what happened

FrK` · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:06

isnt that illegal?

Vanilla · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:46

FrK` said:
isnt that illegal?

Kol · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:48

FrK` said:
isnt that illegal?

To buy a freeview card for your PC, like he has stated he is watching it through? No.

edit - you meant subliminal messaging? my mistake!

alexakasloth · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:50

Mikol said:
To buy a freeview card for your PC, like he has stated he is watching it through? No.

Think he means subliminal messages.

Messiah Khan · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:50

Mikol said:
To buy a freeview card for your PC, like he has stated he is watching it through? No.

I think he means isn't subliminal messaging illegal.

sanaxe1 · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:51

only in advertising it is

Kol · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:52

$loth said:
Think he means subliminal messages.

Ah sorry mate, my mistake! Is it really? I can see why, but surely in this case it's not?

alexakasloth · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:53

Mikol said:
Ah sorry mate, my mistake! Is it really? I can see why, but surely in this case it's not?

That's what i was thinking, as sanaxe1 said I think it's only in things like advertising.

iamdjdz · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:54

*flash* GIVE ME MONEY *flash*

alexakasloth · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:56

What's your paypal address and password?

Hehehe

Digital Punk · 3 Jan 2007 at 20:03

I saw this too. My old brain was too slow to read it, but I did go and make a cuppa about an hour later.

Tru · 3 Jan 2007 at 20:03

I wish I saw that, did it work on anyone?