[mythtv-users] DTV: It Has Begun

[Brian Wood]

jedi wrote:

> 
>      ...which ultimately doesn't matter if they're cutting out more and
> more content. Old shows like this run longer. The definition of "prime
> time" was different back then. So things are edited out to fit runtime.
> That editing has escalated in recent years to fit in more commercials.

Or they "lexicon" the stuff. ("Lexicon" was one of the devices that did
this). This involved dropping frames so that what was 10 minutes of
content is now 8 or 9 minutes. In the old days you needed a device that
connected to the servos in the VTR, and digitally processed the audio to
avoid Mickey Mouse voices. I suppose it can all be done digitally now,
more or less like Myth's time stretch/compress. I recall replacing the
CPU in a Lexicon, a Z-80!

But whether they remove large chunks of content, or just a few frames at
a time, it still sucks.

Most Woody Allen films are immune to this sort of thing, you can't edit
even a single frame of one of his movies without his written permission,
which you are very unlikely to get.

beww