It's the only good thing on is why. TV in Ireland is shocking tbf. Now and then you'll get something great on Tg4, otherwise it's soaps or repeats on RTE.
TBF I have RTE and BBC and 50pc of RTE content is BBC. You even see now that whenever a series is made that involves the Island of Ireland its always BBC/RTE co-production.
You'd have to leave our Island peninsula to start watching good television
The amount of times I've been in hospital/ doctor's waiting rooms and seen it on the TV is a bit excessive, like it's a general rule to always show The Chase or Tipping Point depending on the time of day. Having said that, for years, my local GP only ever had a single crappy radio playing Q102 until the clinic got revamped. Then, it was mostly medical adverts that looked like Power Point presentations when they finally got a TV.
I visited my olan in his nursing home. Pretty depressing place, people in chairs staring into the distance mainly.
They have a priest come over and do a sort of mass every now and then, and I was there this time. Priest doing his best to engage with all the residents from his makeshift alter on a table, with The Chase on the TV behind him - with them all glued to the TV!
They seem to have their own weird, analogue internal cable systems in certain hospitals - retro tech! They see receiving digital TV (there is no other type) and converting it to crackly analogue.
Christ I wish the one in St Vincent's Herbert wing was broken. Everytime I'm there the Kelly Clarkson show is playing. Talk about depression telly central.
Normally I get either a EPG with a picture in picture of a random channel or informaton system with out of date COVID phone numbers, and a picture in picture channel in one corner.
Nothing like being stuck in A&E at 3 am and the TV is stuck on Virgin Media 3 after its closed down so there's a 17 minute loop of programming promos at full volume
I've thankfully never experienced the broken TV but I do love when the chase comes on and everyone simultaneously answers.
It's always The Chase that's on.
Haha...I was over in James's just before Xmas and for quite a while that I was the only one left in the waiting room. The Chase was on, no volume.
Double checked nobody was about, opened up my phone remote app and sneaky whacked the volume up...happy boy hehe
It's the only good thing on is why. TV in Ireland is shocking tbf. Now and then you'll get something great on Tg4, otherwise it's soaps or repeats on RTE.
TBF I have RTE and BBC and 50pc of RTE content is BBC. You even see now that whenever a series is made that involves the Island of Ireland its always BBC/RTE co-production.
You'd have to leave our Island peninsula to start watching good television
The amount of times I've been in hospital/ doctor's waiting rooms and seen it on the TV is a bit excessive, like it's a general rule to always show The Chase or Tipping Point depending on the time of day. Having said that, for years, my local GP only ever had a single crappy radio playing Q102 until the clinic got revamped. Then, it was mostly medical adverts that looked like Power Point presentations when they finally got a TV.
I visited my olan in his nursing home. Pretty depressing place, people in chairs staring into the distance mainly.
They have a priest come over and do a sort of mass every now and then, and I was there this time. Priest doing his best to engage with all the residents from his makeshift alter on a table, with The Chase on the TV behind him - with them all glued to the TV!
Was Brought into Vincent last year in the middle of the night with Sevear Gallbladder pain.
The TV in A&E was on Virgin Media 3.
I heard the same Virgin media 3 Promo ad about 100 times before i was admitted.
It was almost as painfull as the Gallstones
Similar ! I went in late night and it was some channel of info merchials
Good luck on tne journey ! Just had my gallbladder out. Such a relief
They need to start adding things like pool tables, dart boards etc.
Yes, a dart board to a doctors waiting room. What could possibly go wrong
And a PiCade with Metal Slug, sorted
Rocket lawn chair!
Just give them a VR Headset and a virtual hospital with no waiting, or a Doctor Simulator game. They'll be chuffed when their name is called 😂
They seem to have their own weird, analogue internal cable systems in certain hospitals - retro tech! They see receiving digital TV (there is no other type) and converting it to crackly analogue.
Happens in the odd hotel too.
Always amazed such systems exist in 2026 tbh.
Christ I wish the one in St Vincent's Herbert wing was broken. Everytime I'm there the Kelly Clarkson show is playing. Talk about depression telly central.
Normally I get either a EPG with a picture in picture of a random channel or informaton system with out of date COVID phone numbers, and a picture in picture channel in one corner.
It's always TV3. Always
I remember when the Olympics were on and everyone in the waiting room got the receptionist to put on the race so we could see Adeleke run.
Always that annoying light just above it
Hate when TV on but no sound or subtitles. If you don't have sound subtitles/ captions should be the default setting (tbh, even with sound too)
Nothing like being stuck in A&E at 3 am and the TV is stuck on Virgin Media 3 after its closed down so there's a 17 minute loop of programming promos at full volume
That Waterford general?
Beaumont.
Reminds me of the last time I was at the NTC centre!!
The Chase is always on when I'm at the Hospital
That's a 200$ plasma screen you just broke. Good luck paying me back on your zero dollars a year salary plus benefits babe.
Are you ok