[mythtv-users] MythTV and the state of US HDTV
Matthew Geier
matthew at sleeper.apana.org.au
Sun Feb 19 00:16:05 UTC 2006
Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> says:
>>>Do the UK broadcasters do stupid things like ours ?. Show P&S 4:3
>>>cut movies 'pillarboxed' 'cause they can't be bothered getting a
>>>WS source (presumably they had the P&S 4:3 in their own archives)
>>The BBC when showing 4:3 movies pillarbox them and send the signal
>>out as 16:9 which is very annoying. Channel Five, who enjoy showing
>>movies every night, appear to have amassed the largest collection of
>>4:3 transfer known to man, even of newer films, for which there is
>>no excuse.
> The flagship premium movie (HBO, Cinemax, etc.) and a few other cable
> channels are in HDTV, but most others are still in non-HDTV, 4:3
> format.
Certainly in Australia (and it appears the UK as well), you don't have
to go to HDTV to get 16:9. Our 'SD' digital is transmitted in 16:9.
Infact they ALWAYS transmitt the DVB image in 16:9 even if the program
source is 4:3.
On all the equipment I have access to, I can't tell the difference
between SD and HD. As in Australia both are 16:9 MPEG2 sources, so both
are clean images. I simply don't have access to a screen that can make
use of the extra resolution of HD. I get a sharp clear widescreen
picture on SD thank you. :-)
Probably doesn't help that much of the HD content they show here
actually appears to be DVD resolution sources that they have upscaled
before sending out on the HD channel.
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