Why I get scared of Analog TV Shutdowns

[@starry99]

Ever since i was young i’ve been so scared of channel interruptions, analog shutdowns and channel shutdowns, especially when they play the creepy music. Something about them has always been to eerie to me

[@arandomsomething8562]

Time for me to add the BBC testcard to that list

[@ariannamcfarland3721]

@@arandomsomething8562 and me to add the eas

[@BlackHoleQueen]

@@ariannamcfarland3721 fr

[@mikahstarz-]

Off topic but pfp twin 😄

[@Clxverstxne]

True!! Any kind of interruptions on tv is oddly terrifying and I hate it

[@davidmatheny1993]

It was definitely worse in the 70s and 80s where it would end with the national anthem and patriotic images followed by a straight cut to the loud static or the screen with the color bars across it..

[@Reduxalicious]

My dad said he hated it because the local station here would end with "heres the FBIs top wanted list!"

[@abetteridge84]

im REALLY scared of the color bars.

[@arandomsomething8562]

Or the fucking BBC testcard

[@arandomsomething8562]

@@abetteridge84 obviously you haven't seen the BBC testcard F or M

[@user-sh6hn9cl6f]

Oh god

[@parkerblackforces]

dude, i feel you. its like with every shutdown, its a eerie tone and message and when the screen goes black, it just gives me chills.

[@burtoncraft]

Dude, I put in sim city in my super nes, and then as the music stopped, the power went out in my room. It was pitch black. I ran downstairs barely able to see and the power went back on.

[@adeyeri_sisters_206]

I know, right? Especially the Film4 analogue shutdown. If you have not watched it yet, I swear you would get a big nightmare.

[@Rarestein]

They at least showed a "Goodbye" screen in Australia. At the moment, Romania still has analog TV up and running, but I can imagine ending it all of a sudden, with no fancy animation or stuff like that. Unlike you, I get more scared by the National Audiovisual Council's messages regarding censorship and, heck, they even forced a TV channel to cease their shows for 10 minutes, because they showed footage from a protest back in August of 2018.

[@crysiscrysis720]

Wait analogue is still on in romania. Sorry didn't know I never used an antenna just cable.

[@Rarestein]

@@crysiscrysis720 I'm on cable too, but from what I read on the web, we apparently ditched analogue in 2016. I guess providers can choose whether or not they still want to broadcast analogue channels, but that seems a bit... Unusual.

[@zimtheailen1919]

There is still a few Canadian Analog Channels Running

[@rethi13]

I live in Romania and analog cable tv is up and running on all providers.

[@qinpawz]

I remember in 2012 at 10 pm, on Romanian CartoonNetwork , ed, edd and eddy would start, and then just a black screen. On digital tv, it would have been 24/7 (i think). Sometimes after the black screen, Tnt movies would start. Not all the times however

[@modahabbab]

that's a phobia where you're scared of things ending or losing power I have it too But also, some of them are sad, and that's the beauty of it

[@DilanCommunications]

Fun fact: did you know this Goodbye curtain was only used on the analog shutdown? Because ATN originally used the Good Night curtains.

[@kahitano60]

Yes

[@yummycheese9473]

To me, the WNBC analog TV shutdown is like making me not wanna get out of bed. It just ends with the word "Goodbye" on a black screen after all of the NBC logos were shown.

[@epicxfire4370]

Me too. WXGZ's final sign off is like me playing staring contest with a crazy bloodshot eyes man. The one that scares me is when they gradually turn off the lights after that man stopped talking.

[@arandomsomething8562]

Britain had it worse man, the testcard would play every night

[@TheRedandWhitehandItsbruttiyu]

Southern Television?

[@TheRedandWhitehandItsbruttiyu]

*Southern Television ?*

[@sunny12557]

Ok but I love the WNBC shutdown so much- but you’re right it’s eerie

[@veryexciteddog963]

Oh my god, I thought I was the only one who got chills from these types of things, but there's so many people here with the same experience! It's such an oddly specific feeling for an oddly specific situation.

[@TheSproutNut]

Me too

[@ethanburchill4478]

Anything to do with tv broadcasts going wrong or off script creeps me out so much

[@ariannamcfarland3721]

emergency alert system

[@cartoon.connoisseur]

honestly, there's just something existentially terrifying about seeing only the word 'goodbye' on an otherwise dark tv screen

[@Wolfiedark7042]

Well it’s the internet. We can chat about of feelings of our frights if you want and people would share their stories back in the day

[@Myname-il9vd]

I distinctly remember the adrenaline filled frenzy to reach the tv so I could turn it off before I’d get blasted by static, it was only a second but god it felt like centuries of scrambling off of my couch and sprinting to the tv only to find out I had magically forgotten all of the buttons and would only turn up the volume to max instead of hitting the power button, true fear.

[@classictellynz]

Ahhh! That scares me too

[@eeveethecat124]

That's very funny!

[@katwaii5627]

Everyone: Oh yeah they're scary Me: nintendoland has an ending?

[@NickEh30VSFanFNFMod]

Its shutting down.

[@kadenshaw9195]

@@NickEh30VSFanFNFMod oh what? I used to love that game

[@akankshadash7129]

You know what is even scarier??? Getting an EAS alarm on your digital TV EVEN WHEN IT IS SWITCHED OFF!!!

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

I once got one on my contour, it was streaming Disney Plus and then it appeared. Not on the app, but the Contour thing kicked me out and took me to the screen. I was a little mad, and it was like 11:45 at night. But then I laughed. It was only a test

[@DarkAxol0tl-f2v]

@@TheAdventuresOfJimiJadendo you have a video??? Im quite interested

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

@@DarkAxol0tl-f2v I do actually, though it’s on my hard drive. I’ll have to find it.

[@Acjaxfla]

Did you find it????? @TheAdventuresOfJimiJade

[@Chester-92]

​@@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden did u find it? it's been a month

[@kirbysuperstaruhh3769]

Ok but i have a similar fear with full channel shutdowns, like when a channel discontinues, especially if the channel ends un-ceremoniously, like everything would be carrying on as normal and then suddenly a screen detailing the channel shutdown pops up. ESPECIALLY if the shutdown screen has the logo of the discontinued channel or the logo of the cable provider (such as the old canal+ channel discontinuation screen, which i dont even live in spain mind you, but i was watching a video of the CN spain shutdown and something about the logo loop with the weird ass music and then suddenly changing to a screen in a foreign language with an image of the canal+ logo showing that the channel was dead really creeped me out) in some cases front and center. Heck it doesnt even have to switch into nothingness to scare the crap out me, sometimes when the channel just switches over to a completely different channel, taking the spot the old channel sat in, terrifies me.

[@cancledacc]

THATS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ALSO! I don't know why I have such a fear with channel sign-offs and shutdowns, but i do. Seeing a channel that millions have watched, just gone in a flash, is creepy to me. Especially if it is some poorly made, black background logo thing.

[@TYLERSHAWNTHEGAMER]

DONT FORGET THE "SUS" WHEN IT CLOSES

[@naufalam7840]

1:05 that goodbye screen is scarier than shutdown on windows phone

[@naufalam7840]

if you have windows phone, try shutting it down while comparing to that goodbye screen

[@Whycantichangemyhandle.]

For me it’s cute

[@terrencejones6122]

It didn't feel scary to me, it actually felt chill😌😌😌

[@gatto_furry]

​​@@naufalam7840It just says "goodbye"

[@sundaygirl4299]

oh my god i am so glad i’m not the only one scared by this !! even just normal shutdowns at the end of the day terrify me. i’m so glad 24 hour broadcasting is pretty much widespread nowadays because they used to make me cry

[@jojogape]

I just realized this might've been scary for us because we were experiencing nightmares at the time and seeing these meant that we had to go to bed and face our demons. Which of course was terrifying.

[@koopert899]

For me, the country i live in also switched to digital. It happened instantly and it was just white noise. I mean, it didn't even give a warning the day it switched, but it did days before switching. What we used to do before we got the set top box was that we were plugging our computer to the TV and watching KZbin on it, pretending like that is the TV.

[@bradallen8909]

Come off it. Everyone had switched to digital many years before the analogue was turned off. Why pretend something happened when it didn't.

[@DoctorPorkenfries]

The credit sequences and production company logos of some companies can be scary, too. When I was a kid I went to bed with the tv on. At one point I kept it tuned to Nick at Night. The Dragnet endings always scared me, with the mugshots and descriptions of criminals, then at the end their production companies logo was a hammer striking metal. That always freaked me out. When I was a bit older, I switched to Cartoon Network, which had Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which I loved...except it ended with contact information for the show, including the creepy dial-up internet noises...and then the Ghost Planet Industries logo, which had the same hammer thing from Dragnet's ending going on. Didn't help that I had a curtainless window anyone could potentionally be watching me through.

[@loganplayz5168]

Don't worry! No one will stalk you in bed! There will always be a person to protect you! Why not get a German Shepard? They can save you!

[@DilanCommunications]

That was Mark VII Limited.

[@ahhhhh148]

Omg, I feel the same way, when it comes to creepy outro of shows or when a EAS activates. And you see the curtainless window, you get the hebbie jebbies.

[@BlackHoleQueen]

@@ahhhhh148SAME

[@angelahoffman270]

bro nick at nite bumpers arent scary dunderhead 💀

[@IIIIlIllll]

0:05 do you notice like a face on the tv static

[@kahitano60]

I see it now

[@doa_3]

I see a skull

[@Madscientist4567]

​@@doa_3me too

[@bacon-1213]

@@doa_3same

[@atomictransfusion]

i see george washington

[@HailingSailor]

Honestly, The goodbyes and thank you's with the music, It's sad to see a part of childhood go.

[@Yaboipixel]

Same will likely happen to cable soon down the line since streaming is becoming much more popular. Ironic how fast DTV is gonna meet analog’s fate

[@kingjayprod]

Some dtvs are streaming

[@Warp2090]

Actually nowadays cable and dtv are getting more popular due to streaming services raising prices and taking shows off

[@ryanramos3943]

0:28 JESUS CHRIST! It scared the shit out of me!

[@kahitano60]

Ikr

[@ryanramos3943]

@@kahitano60 yep

[@zacsilverwood4482]

Me 2

[@musicmanstudiosstandwithuk1734]

Same with me

[@abbeycatatm]

Same but those are sad.

[@kaboomgamer333]

The fox 13 one scared the shit out of me! In the middle of american idol, it went off.

[@arandomsomething8562]

Imagine that, but it happened every night, let me introduce you to the British testcard where it ended with a clock and God save the Queen and then a creepy as image of the girl and bubbles for the rest of the night which led her to become the most aired face in TV history

[@kaboomgamer333]

@@arandomsomething8562 WTF! That's straight out of FNAF lol.

[@arandomsomething8562]

@@kaboomgamer333 theres a whole story behind it, the girl there, that was her favourite doll she slept with that demon child but one day she was at her dad's work who was an engineer at BBC and they needed a face for the new colour testcard technology and get her and that angel of hell and a game of knots and crosses and then, she was broadcasted every night for over 25 years

[@kaboomgamer333]

@@arandomsomething8562 ok

[@kaboomgamer333]

@Sadie Yes.

[@eriya181]

I used to have a similar fear of video game "Game Over" screens

[@kahitano60]

I'll make a video of that if I can

[@eriya181]

@@kahitano60 oh ok

[@flatcapman]

I dont they just piss me off knowing I screwed up on a game. More like the middle finger at me

[@BlackBloodCombatClub]

The DKC trilogy and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door ones used to creep me out as a kid

[@ariannamcfarland3721]

@@flatcapman yeah me too!

[@windows10.17]

Nickelodeon was the scariest ever than all of analog channels because spongebob say GOODBYE KIDS R.I.P Nickelodeon

[@theclassichannabarbarafan4236]

That Was Nickelodeon Japan. That Happened When Nickelodeon Changed Their Logo Back In 2009. However, It Came Back In 2018.

[@Randomlista12]

I watched BBC One Wales analog closedown but before they sign off it’s analog powers they show a B&W Noddy ident from 1970-1985 (may I think) Seven Network’s ATN7 and other stations used to say “Goodnight” for old sign offs before 7 got rid of them.

[@ludoviclacassagneii4737]

“Like all of civilization just suddenly collapsed.”

[@optimus1735]

philippines tv sign off analog shutdown

[@techtinkerin]

I used to think closedown was amazing, like going into the unknown as a kid. I suppose the odd feeling comes from being left alone from the company of the TV, like being left on a dark platform as a train leaves..😊❤️

[@AETHERYBIA]

Yeah i remember when i used to sleep at my coach watching tv in early 00’s. At 12 am in the night they shutdown the TV program and got the color bar test with noisy sound. I woke up and chilled. Thank god now we won’t encounter this again

[@DTVDragonsTelevisionRevised]

I dunno what to expect when the Philippines does move to DTV in 2023. Time as always, will tell.

[@timinator900]

June 12th, 2009 in the United States was the last day that certain channels ran on Analog TV. Channels like Cartoon Network, a channel I loved when I binged watched everyday was removed from channel 45. I remembered flipping through the channels to see that channel 45 was missing. After channel 44, it jumped to channel 46.

[@heavy_ang_patay]

Oh, so that explains why i was without anime for a while. I really missed out on adult swim for a good while.

[@Warp2090]

Isn't cartoon network only on cable?

[@american-vw1bj]

the only reason i get scared of analog shutdowns is beacuse: when the whole screen goes pitch black i feel like the Tv will turn on again anytime like showing a creepy image or message one you don’t know what is about to happen by surprise plus too the static noise is creepy too!

[@disneyforthewin]

Nothing scared me as a child as much as hearing a TV channel end its broadcast day!!!! Like disconnected from the world, alone and vulnerable

[@retpolanne]

The way you put it is very scary. But anyways, I used to be afraid of when there was technical problems on tv

[@ۦۦٴۦۦٴۦۦۦ]

a day our tv was broken when i was watching cartoons and when the tv broke there was so much lines in different colors and it scared the s**t out of myself

[@SuperBloxTube]

Honestly, the US low power sign offs were scarier. Literally, it looks like an end of the world feed, audio and video.

[@treyhorn]

I remember having a dream where there was a message about a power fixture and how it could mess up the power. It was extremely scary, and by the time everyone in the house found out, they were screaming and gathering everything together as a countdown played on the screen. When it began, the tv said; “WHY DID U POUR MEDICINE ON THE TV?!?!?!” I still laugh about it to this day. edit nov28/2023: so i don’t know how to revisit this but i don’t even remember commenting this 😭 just ignore 10 year old me, id appreciate it

[@may95son]

what. just what.

[@emi62755]

LOLLLL

[@18436Melissa]

Nah, i remember capturing a Sega Station on my VCR that time, i loaded in a blank tape, recorded some bits, put it to KZbin, might go viral soon.

[@phantommontalbanoinc.447]

​@@may95sonaverage child on the internet

[@treyhorn]

@NynnaOnYT please don’t ask me this was years ago and i am a completely different person 😭

[@NoName-zq2kv]

That Fuzz On The End Scared Me Of The Sound It's So Noisey

[@rajvindersingh3423]

That fucked me up when I get no signal on lg

[@NNNNNNNNNN-nnnnnnnnnn]

So, I have a similar fear but it's stranger. Basically I'm scared of sudden interruptions and eerie music (such as the Walt Disney Animation Studios jingle).

[@thegael-ser9142]

Although I did not watch Qubo's shutdown, I did in 2022, but while I was watching I saw an Among us reference... It gave me nightmares too. (R.I.P. Qubo 2006-2021)

[@Moviesxp]

If you watched the one about the characters dying and the ransom message, it is fake. The real one is where it went black during an inspector gadget episode.

[@ariannamcfarland3721]

thanks for nothing

[@Thestias-B-Pollux]

This has been Qubo, which was serving for all Qubo, thru different over the air TV station across the country, as of the result, the station will cease broadcast forever. For North America, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa. Such as the Qubo Cable 159 SD and 761 HD, DirecTV Channels 421 SD and 1421 HD, Dish Network 182 SD and 882 HD, DirecTV Cable 70 SD and 712 HD. And AT&T U-Verse 192 SD and also 1192 HD. To our viewers, thank you so much for watching. We will now conclude this channel, such as the broadcasting history of Qubo. Thank you! Farewell. And see you never! :( (2006-2021)

[@MagoyaGonzalez]

​@@Thestias-B-Pollux What?

[@JossPeura]

The WNBC Goodbye thing gave me an out-of-body experience. I talked about this sort of thing before on that Shutdown video on KZbin. I never realized people felt the same way, I thought I was just a dumb baby-

[@shineyrine]

In Russia,we have... Nothing.Just nothing. No color bars,no national anthem,nothing.All is fast,screen just snaps to black for second-two and boom,there's sign on,but with national anthem. This happened in 2018-2019 years, when analogue TV was disabled in Russia. Edit:Just watched a few videos about that.We have static screens.

[@winterspringfail]

ended up here because my tv switched to an eas screen today i've never seen before. it was only a test but what scared me so bad was that the picture started GLITCHING and wouldn't stop. although i have a digital tv i still count eas as analog horror bc it plays on cable. i almost assumed it was a youtube video that played on accident bc of how played up the glitching was. i'm still sitting here freaked out bc it was real. thanks Spectrum lmfao.

[@ariannamcfarland3721]

OMG that is my worst fear!!! thanks alot

[@sunny12557]

oh my god that’s terrifying

[@burtoncraft]

Dude, I put in sim city in my super nes, and then as the music stopped, the power went out in my room. It was pitch black. I ran downstairs barely able to see and the power went back on.

[@Warp2090]

EAS alerts in the US are the same they were when broadcasts were analog

[@donacarmenmorales8806]

If you think those shutdowns are scary, than let me introduce to you to Local 58

[@iamuvoid]

Doña Carmen Morales not local 58

[@donacarmenmorales8806]

@@iamuvoid that channel is creepy

[@marisrandomchannel6013]

@@donacarmenmorales8806 wdym?

[@donacarmenmorales8806]

@@marisrandomchannel6013 check this out to see what I mean kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZSZZ6psm7ukhas

[@TheOneTrueDimwit]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shoot

[@cancledacc]

2:05 EXACTLY! When there is this fun jolly music, then it just sudenly cuts off to black. You know any second now, static will happen. I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!

[@PikaGirl7]

They're cool yet terrifying its like the EAS alert tests like at 1 am hol' up nintendo land actually puts static at the end of the game no credits, no back to the title screen, or anything

[@lanileuma6441]

When the final sign off says goodnight it ends off with a jumpscare

[@tylersteres]

Finally someone who is scared. To be honest, the music that played during the ATN sign off was kinda scary although it was the Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia theme, I always thought that was creepy, so it adds to the creepiness. And most importantly the old 80s TV sign offs. Especially Joanna Lopez, everyone in Chicago will remember that. Tbh, the theme that ended right as ATN used the Kangaroo sign off animation (I do like the Kangaroo animation from ATN though, very cute) in 1989 was very creepy, ending suddenly, The Beatles Good Night which they used in the early 80s is peaceful but at the same time feels very unnerving. Another scary theme sign off was KTCA Channel 2 in the Twin Cites used in the late 80s and early 90s. Especially when it transitions to the colored bars from the star, yeah, the animation is cool but the music reminds me of the Viacom V of Doom. I dont mind about colored bars, however sometimes they can come with a scary and sometimes annoying tone. Static scares me the most, being extremely sudden. Especially if its the middle of the night and you wake up to that. But, the fact that these “goodbye” screens like ATN are followed by static makes chills come down my spine. Thankfully I’m a 2010 kid (yes I know) and I never got to see those old TV sign offs nor the analog ones. But watching them back makes me feel like, dang, this is chilling. And also the fact that they were so long ago gives me goosebumps. So thats my thoughts about it.

[@geuxmer2355]

Early or late 2010s?

[@araigumakiruno]

I cried when i see my country (Malaysia) finally moves on to Digital fully on mid-2019 Those Analogue TV closedowns didnt scare me,it just make me sad...remiding the old days and the tv static will sure be missed

[@MicahPachirisuGuy]

Aku tidak akan lupa kata channel negaramu.

[@RGC198]

Back in the analogue days, during high sunspot activity, Malaysian analogue TV was occasionally received here in Australia.

[@squiddu]

This has gotta be some extreme phobia or something, because i gotta be honest i don't understand why people would be scared any more than i did before this video. Making out this music to be terrifying just.. honestly i just find it funny that this generally calming or lovingly orchestrated music could be treated the same as music designed to give you a panic attack, as here.

[@playtimeallthetimecbeebies2272]

I never grew up with analouge TV. However, I originally thought Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon was a sign-off for Sprout, (playing from 9PM to 6AM) so that must've made it a #creepyclosedown, then I found out it wasn't, as The Good Night Show would loop twice over the course of the evening and hand over to an early morning block at 3AM.

[@TheSproutNut]

Link🤨?

[@playtimeallthetimecbeebies2272]

@@TheSproutNut kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqS2iX-oab2Geq8

[@LisaTherobloxer]

The ATN 7 showed goodbye screen in Sydney in 2013 December 3 but it was scary

[@SpongeBobFanatic2K6]

2:32 And that is why I’m not buying a Wii U. Also, The WNBC is scarier.

[@LuckAndAdventures]

1:09 good by

[@inkerinmapper]

I'm afraid because after analog tv shutdown there will be an intro Nacht der Untoten

[@AnnoyedArt1256]

here in turkey analog tvs are still used in the lower income regions of turkey

[@sehriyecorbasii]

inşallah burda da böyle kapatmazlar lan

[@piotrgti96]

In the early 2000s when I was a kid I used to be scared of the Polish Cartoon Network switching to TCM channel at 9 PM. The bouncing letters of the logo that could go into this crazy slapstick sequence out of nowhere and you never knew when exactly it would happen. It could go for few seconds or few minutes before just suddenly going into this loud crazy bumper. I remember a Scooby Doo marathon that I legit thought would go beyond 9 PM for some reason. There was a black screen with the on screen logos for a moment and either the bouncing letters appeared or they went straight into slapstick switching sequence. Either way I ran away to the kitchen lol

[@hard2thecore]

you are lucky, in the united states, cartoon network transitions into adult swim. cartoon network says "goodnight kids!" and then a black screen with white text saying "adult swim has content that is not appropriate for kids" or something like that in pure silence.

[@VilactEats5SnicklesEveryDay]

the 7 dice looks so scary to me 🤧

[@thatadhdkid2009]

The most calming one is the WNYC/WBIS shutdown bc they literally end like a movie

[@thatadhdkid2009]

oh you’re still hearting comments. Still though the final screens are pretty psychologically scary

[@anaixaluz2011]

I remember when I was 9 and I was terrified of analog shutdowns, (that was in 2020 and I commented on this video like almost 3 years ago and it's 2023) but I overcame that fear of analog shutdowns ;) The thing is that the ATN shutdown was just a little sad since it was kind of like a goodbye message though. But I still understand how the shutdowns can be scary ;)

[@samprice2393]

The "GOODBYE." parts are the ones that scare you the most in Sydney?

[@Idruxxxx]

0:29 mewing

[@burtoncraft]

Dude, I put in sim city in my super nes, and then as the music stopped, the power went out in my room. It was pitch black. I ran downstairs barely able to see and the power went back on.

[@StevePostsRandomContent23]

In my opinion, WVOA 87.7's Shutdown is terrifying

[@xm33xm3]

I agree with you. You wanna know what i find scarier though? Hold music in a dark room, with a robot occasionally telling you "We are experiencing high load of calls, please continue to wait." or something. I honestly just hate hold music in general.

[@Musicradio77Network]

1:30 is the ending to “Nintendo Land” for the Wii U.

[@catto24]

i find the analog TV shutdowns interesting - saddening (because i never got the chance to watch an analog broadcast as i'm too young), but really interesting

[@sunny12557]

same!!

[@nogamesnolife-4470]

0:28 TV2-Tomsk: imma make a creepy shutdown for analogue tv users on our channel

[@Luted09]

Analog tv brodcast endings would be some greatful and thankful message. Then just blasts you with earbleeding static

[@r_dcruz1394]

We are all there for you no matter what happens at the end.

[@RGC198]

Love this video. Thanks for sharing. Yes, the goodnight Kangaroo could be sort of scary, though i think the Goodnight Kiwi in New Zealand is even more frightening. When I visited New Zealand on a holiday years ago, I was amazed to discover how many people I spoke to asked me had I seen the Goodnight Kiwi. I had no idea who or what the Goodnight Kiwi was and I was a bit apprehensive at first about watching him. Eventually, I decided to "risk my well being" and take a chance to watch this mysterious Goodnight Kiwi. I was not disappointed!!! LOL.

[@classictellynz]

It ain't scary mate

[@RGC198]

The only scary thing was suddenly realising that the TV channel was closing down for the day and it was time to go to bed!!! LOL.

[@strikehun2006]

In Hungary analog terrestrial TV has been shut down since 2013. This was a part of a EU legislation that member states needed to shutdown their analogue TV channels and transition to digital television.

[@ThatWindowsGuy488]

My grandma had one of these before, one time I pressed the wrong button and got scared lol, btw I think she got rid of it, she has a new tv now so we can watch Spanish PBS Kids all day! (She’s Puerto Rican Spanish btw)

[@ana-mv4fs]

0:27 Tv guy: (Screams)

[@marisrandomchannel6013]

Yea i Must Agree tbh, That Sydney Shutdown Used to Haunt me But i Kinda know What's Scarier than That

[@Benicio_Fols]

Awhat

[@arandomsomething8562]

The BBC testcard

[@pandus47z]

When they turned off analog tv stations in Russia, there was a small video telling that you should buy digital box or buy new tv

[@MDGOLD]

Analog shut down will be always scary to me

[@CobraDBlade]

When one of the local channels in my area stopped broadcasting on analog they actually did it a few weeks early of the mandatory shut down date, and during the time between switched to an infographic slide show on how to switch to digital.

[@SmashyGuySRB2]

if i had my own channel shutdown on analog the static can appear a day after broadcasting ends

[@Rodrigo-ks6oc]

You don’t understand how analog works, right? You can’t decide when the static appears, the second you lose the signal (which all channels did when they pulled the plug, because there is no reason to keep the analog TV equipament on, if there is no broadcast and no one watching, if you do keep them on, you are just wasting money, and consuming more power than you could be)

[@mrkirov6535]

Indeed this kind of shutdowns are really scary. I stil remember when Minimax was shuting down in a really scary way: When the current cartoon was finnishing, it appeared a small animation made out of squares of circles, and a random catchy music was playing. Then the channel was freezing and the last milisecond was constantly repeating.

[@kidsuper397]

Same, it scares me at 1:00am till now. ;-;

[@YouTubesMathematician]

In my country, Pakistan, there is analog tv working but there are some digital channels like: Dunya News, Geo News, Geo Entertainment and ARY Digital HD etc.

[@RaymanPlayz768]

The kyw tv analog shutdown is the same but the word "goodbye" is at the bottom and in the middle there's a CBS eye.

[@hard2thecore]

i mentioned that one also! KYW 3 is my local news station, so that's why haha :D

[@kidanimatoryt]

1:03 THATS THE ITS ALWAYS SUNNY THEME 🔊🔊🗣🗣🗣

[@Gigidawi]

I am scared of the TV shut-downs when they say "tomorrow". Because everyday is tomorrow and I thought when they saw tomorrow I think the person who said that will go into my bedroom and saying tomorrow all over until midnight

[@LittleLusMyLuvs]

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[@EdoubleEm]

Same I remember seeing videos of shut downs when I was little and OMFG IT SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF ME and after that I was scared of watching TV by myself and now because I grew older people may think I'm no longer scared of shut downs..... I'm still scared of them.... because you never know when it happens sometimes and that's why shut downs trigger me 🥲

[@stevencross8877]

I started watching the digital switchoffs in 2012 when I was 9 😂😂😂

[@thelocaldiamondvideoeditorplus]

That's the one it is A Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana Reference at 1:05! It gives me goosebumps!

[@curious_cat22]

0.09% of people can only see a skull face on tv 0:14

[@bloxoflactso6267]

i've seen an cartoon network skull

[@Otv5]

@curious_cat22 and @bloxoflactso6267 there's no skull on cartoon Network

[@jedidiahjosephpalatanonepe7668]

I did

[@geuxmer2355]

I was at an apartment once on vacation and they had alot of channels with just coloured bars on them. I couldnt help but think what couldve been once something great which was probably influenced by the fact that there werent any good channels on it

[@burtoncraft]

You have no idea how bad it is for me.

[@mintelthamestismeyglobal]

Was there one of those analog shutdowns where WNBC ends with an all-uppercase white “goodbye” in a black background?

[@kahitano60]

@@mintelthamestismeyglobal Yes

[@CarlosFiddleberg]

I fear no man. But that thing it scares me!

[@Smarttube01]

Wow bud, i don't have exactly the same (i love analog shutdowns) but i did get a nightmare about cartoon network signing off at night, wich is weird.

[@jumplexgd]

I'm so sorry to say but I get scared of TV static and the channel is no longer available card

[@unnamedscribble-auttp]

prob the scariest one to me is the cbs(?) one where it's just like 👁️ Goodbye

[@namesurname4666]

In italy it was shut down just without any message while watching news

[@samuelesanna2973]

I'm Italian, it Was like a jumpscare

[@namesurname4666]

@@samuelesanna2973 when i was a kid i was scared of the static channels of some channels with low signal

[@ethanpender9586]

Yea... In AUSTRALIA 7 did that, ABC told analog viewers what they would be watching, and 10 I think did something. Can’t remember now. SBS and 9 just turned off, although SBS stayed on the longest, to 9:02AM AEDT in Melbourne.

[@CoolDudeClem]

When I first heard about this all those years ago, I just thought it meant only the over the air terrestrial TV that you pick up with an antenna, since by then everyone had set top boxes for cable and satellite, and because of that I thought they were only going to shut down the terrestrial TV. I had no idea it meant analog cable and satellite would shut down too. Also I only thought this was happening in the UK.

[@MadMatt9007]

It just turns off. Leaving you on the black screen. Into the nothingness. You can’t turn it back on, it’s analog. You are left there in a silent and dark room. Being scared and questioning yourself.

[@Russia-j8l]

Yeah, bro!

[@tylercoombes8493]

R.I.P. Analogue TV (1928-2013)

[@JoeM370]

This material is full of profound thoughts. A book I read with related ideas inspired a significant evolution in my thinking. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@gamrwolf9655]

I was born in 2007 so I never experienced this. but it is interesting watching these videos of analog tv stations shutting down. I can only imagine they'll probably do the same thing in the future with digital tv stations.

[@Melz_likesMushrooms]

IM GLAD I DON'T HAVE THAT TV..

[@burtoncraft]

Dude, I put in sim city in my super nes, and then as the music stopped, the power went out in my room. It was pitch black. I ran downstairs barely able to see and the power went back on.