The Dr. Who looked 16x9 (1.85 is close enough that it fills most 16x9 tv's) but it was shown in the 4x3 area and letterboxed. Hopefully they will correct that. I haven't watched Dr. Who since the 70's.
Sci-Fi HD...when can we watch?
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The Dr. Who looked 16x9 (1.85 is close enough that it fills most 16x9 tv's) but it was shown in the 4x3 area and letterboxed. Hopefully they will correct that. I haven't watched Dr. Who since the 70's.
I'm wondering if this is just me ...
Last night "Law & Order SVU" was in HD on USA-HD (my wife's fave) ... but, I've checked many times since on both USA-HD and SCI-FI HD-- and, I have seen no HD content. Even on L&O SVU episodes early this AM.
Also, scrolling through both USA-HD and SCI-FI HD's programming using the guide-- none of the shows indicate "(HD)". Hmmm.
I've re-booted, but I still see no HD on either channel. Could be that they just show SD at certain times, but I would expect all shows shot in HD on their channels to be shown as such.
Anybody else seeing this?
L&O SVU's first four seasons were not shot for HD. Did not start until 2003. Your seeing older episodes. Same for Sci-fi. Not everything on a HD channel is going to be HD. Even some shows in HD are not indicated as so in the guide. It is or it isn't.
If its an HD channel, why in the world would they show something that requires we zoom?
Not everyone. Shows in red on the guide for me. Spoke to a csr and emailed ceo. Waiting to see if they are going to activate it. I get them sd with aep, but have Alaska HD. Just taunting me in red.
They must have been waiting until they could lower the resolution just enough so that most people wouldn't complain. For some reason SciFi HD doesn't look as good to me overall as some of the other HD channels Dish carries. BSG looked kind of, for lack of a better word, noisy on my TV.
Yeah, I know, there's always one in every crowd.
Yeah, I know, there's always one in every crowd.
That's just the wam BSG is, try to catch a rerun of Stargate Atlantis, that looks MUCH better IMHO, at least via D*.
I may just do that. This would be a great time to rewatch the last season and see what I missed watching it in SD.
Is Eureka in HD? That's one of my favorites.
Is Eureka in HD? That's one of my favorites.
Technique
You are watching a technique that is intentional. I also noticed that it looked "grainy" . This is what they are going for. It's to make things look depressing and agitated.
You are watching a technique that is intentional. I also noticed that it looked "grainy" . This is what they are going for. It's to make things look depressing and agitated.
The grain would be OK if the video wasn't compressed. But since it's compressed, it looks like crap. Torchwood gets like that occasionally, but not nearly as much as BSG. I wouldn't be surprised if HDnet was getting more bandwidth than Sci-Fi, but isn't HDnet still MPEG2 and Sci-Fi MPEG4, which wasn't supposed to require as much bandwidth to deliver a clean picture?
Because despite the HD label on the channel, most HD channels have very little that has been filmed in HD.
Did you reboot your DVR?Not everyone. Shows in red on the guide for me. Spoke to a csr and emailed ceo. Waiting to see if they are going to activate it. I get them sd with aep, but have Alaska HD. Just taunting me in red.
Noise does a lot more damage to MPEG4 than it does to MPEG2.
Perhaps we could convince them to squeeze the color down to reflect the gritty nature as opposed to introducing actual grit.
Not a clue. But its preferable to watching the same thing in SD until they get everything worked out and such points become moot. I hope.
