[ExI] this is only a test...

[BillK]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM, spike wrote:
> Do TV stations have test patterns anymore?  Or is anyone here besides me old
> enough to remember when TV stations used to quit broadcasting about 0200 and
> start again around 0500, with nothing on the screen but a test pattern?
>

Wikipedia knows.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_card>

Basically no, because of 24 hour broadcasting.
But still used in some countries in Europe and Asia.

BillK