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The Akai VS-2 was the first VCR with an on-screen display, originally named the Interactive Monitor System. By displaying the information directly on the television screen, this innovation eliminated the need for the user to be physically near the VCR to program recording, read the tape counter, or perform other common features.
Some broadcasters that have ceased signing on and signing off in favour of 24-hour broadcasting may perform a sign-off sequence at a certain time in the night (usually between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.) as a formality to signify the end of its operating day (in the United States, the broadcast logging day ends at 12:00 midnight local time).
In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
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Once the screen has been scanned, the beam returns to the beginning of the first line. Close up image of analog color screen. A cathode-ray tube (CRT) television displays an image by scanning a beam of electrons across the screen in a pattern of horizontal lines known as a raster. At the end of each line, the beam returns to the start of the ...
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In a typical digital on-screen graphic, the station's logo appears in a corner of the screen (in this simulated example, the bottom-right) A digital on-screen graphic , digitally originated graphic ( DOG , bug , [ 1 ] network bug , or screenbug ) is a watermark-like station logo that most television broadcasters overlay over a portion of the ...
At the same time, they are switched off (but are designed to draw some power) or in standby mode. It only occurs because some devices claim to be "switched off" on the electronic interface but are in a different state. Switching off the plug or disconnecting it from the power point can completely solve the problem of standby power.