Posted on 09/18/2017 11:24:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker
I was just watching an On-Demand episode 9 of Season 2 of Stitchers on Comcast Xfinity when a Gray Box flashed on the screen about 8 inches by 6 inches with the words, as best as I could read it and recall it:
Below those words in the box were a series of numbers that may have been a phone number, but I don't recall any of the numbers. The second set of numbers may have had four digits, not three, but my impression was the pattern was a phone number. There were no dashes separating the numbers.
After just a split second (It was up for less than a second) the box and words disappeared.
I backed the playback of the video to rewatch that segment to re-read the box, thinking it was an important clue to the show, but it was NOT part of the video at all. It simply was not there! I tried it several times, thinking it was a subliminal message in the playback, but nothing was there. It was obviously something transmitted over the signal.
Did anyone else see anything on their TV screens similar to this?
Bfl
FWIW, during WWII, London broadcast cryptic radio messages to the resistance in Nazi occupied France. This served two purposes: to keep the enemy busy trying to decipher fake messages which actually meant nothing and to relay actual information to the resistance with messages only they could decipher.
In the original Red Dawn movie this popped up in one scene as our heroes listened to the radio: “...we have a message for the people in the occupied zone. The chair is against the wall and John has a long mustache”
That’s all I can say about it. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
Check your Caller ID history on your landline phone. I’ll bet you got a call and it echoed the Caller ID to your TV, despite what you said about them being separate.
This seen on my set as well. Certainly deserving of my full attention. The ad was for USO organization along with the url to contact.
http://uso.org/force
Our nemesis, Google, gave this address for USO organization.
https://secure.uso.org/OM_BRD/?sc=WS15PSGGBR&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk-H17oux1gIVyCSGCh3epgHvEAAYASAAEgJ-UvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Why it was felt to present it in this way over the airwaves is still puzzling. When the URL was seen on screen, it was memorized for an occasion such as this.
Thanks for making your point. Not completely crazy here.
John has a long mustache.
bttt
They’ve got your frequency, Kenneth.
You are Kenneth, aren’t you?
Anyways, they think you are Kenneth. That’s all that matters.
We aren’t?
Speak for yourself!
“Next time write down the phone number and call it.”
Be very careful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yyMxlBhZs
And don’t forget to mention the anchovies.
The chair is against the wall.
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"
You need thicker Aluminum Foil. That Dollar Tree stuff just don’t protect as well..........................
Do you have a ‘Smart TV’?
Does your TV have connection to the Internet via WiFi or phone line?
Does it have BlueTooth?
You could be getting text messages sent out that are not intended for you.
Since it was not on the screen when you rewound the TVR, it was probably sent thru the landline or WiFi connection..............
Start videoing your TV screen with your smartphone. Then you can pause on the message.
This is like the “subliminal advertising” rumor of the 1950’s that movie patrons were feeling a sudden urge to go to the lobby & buy snacks. They believed a single frame with the words “Buy Popcorn” had flashed on the silver screen for an instant.
Technology is worlds improved since then. Just sayin’.
what a pain...
What’s Gabbo?
I figure it’s some guy’s name.
Some guy named Gabbo.
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