[James2001]

Dug out another video, a few seconds of a "please stand by" caption, followed by the screen showing selection numbers:

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I presume this caption was put on when the system was being updated. I think the time I recorded this was the only time I ever saw it, they always updates on Fridays, and I was usually never at home then, even during school holidays, as my mum worked that day and we had to go to our grandparents.

I presume the full screen selection screen was something to show while laserdiscs were being cued up, but also, on our cable company at least, the selection captions at the bottom of the screen during videos didn't appear until 1998, so it would also have been the only real chance to see them. Sometimes it could be on screen for several minutes at a time, in total silence as you can see here, which wouldn't stand today! That particular design of background was only introduced in 1998 as well. Again, this is the only proper recording I have of said screen (bar some split second shots at the end of some other songs I recorded).