Statement from Dish on A&E HD, History HD and NFL HD
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hd history back on the air. Harvey
not in HD it isn't... note the standard History channel logo and the standard picture. Let's talk when the actual HD version of the channel comes back online, shall we?
This excerpt is from: The Advocate: Stamford fire sends TV networks packing
An A&E spokesman said its regular programming continued. Standard definition feeds were being converted for high-definition viewers, which is not a true high-definition broadcast, he said.
"It would take a savvy viewer" to notice the difference, said Dan Silverman of A&E.
High-definition viewers are a small portion of A&E's audience, he said.
An A&E spokesman said its regular programming continued. Standard definition feeds were being converted for high-definition viewers, which is not a true high-definition broadcast, he said.
"It would take a savvy viewer" to notice the difference, said Dan Silverman of A&E.
High-definition viewers are a small portion of A&E's audience, he said.
Your kid is a savvy viewer.
My daughter can tell HD from SD too but that's because our kids have satellite geeks as fathers. Your kid is a savvy viewer.
It's more like "Daddy, why are the people fat?" "Daddy, why is black on the side?"
Interesting article. A completely nonchalant comment like that?
So, I guess the answer to our 64,000 dollar question, when are we getting our real HD feeds back is...
They don't know, and they don't care...
Great...
Interesting article. A completely nonchalant comment like that?
So, I guess the answer to our 64,000 dollar question, when are we getting our real HD feeds back is...
They don't know, and they don't care...
Great...
You know, I was going to post the same thing.
For a network (meaning A&E and History) that continuously broadcasts shows that were apparently shot in HD in SD with bars all around you would think they would be a little more careful with their words. Now they're telling us we're too dumb to see the difference; apparently the idea with HistoryHD and A&E HD is to redefine the term (high definition) downward while getting more bucks out of providers, hence customers. I can see it now in the corporate network office: "hey, why don't we add HD to our names, charge more for the channels and throw them an HD broadcast, oh, I don't know, a few times a week"?
Does it actually cost them more to broadcast a show in HD?
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History HD and A&E HD had the SD logo up not the HD ones. It helps with timers but they do not seem to be back in HD yet.
It's "cool" to say "we've got an HD channel now". It's no different than companies who say "we've got a website" and it's a single page, with a picture of their building, links to e-mail addresses that no one reads and if you want to contact them, you *call*.
That statement is more of a reflection on their bad PR than bad PQ.
Anyways...'another site' posted something on it being 24-72 hours before normal HD feeds are restored. The post pertained mostly to NFL-HD, but I'm assuming they all are related at this point...
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Saw your earlier post- The initial report was that nobody was hurt in the fire which was contained in a stairwell, most of the damage was soot and smoke. You obviously didn't see that.
As for the HD channel with nothing but upscaled sd video to HD signal. In a way I would agree with you, that it is wrong but in another way, I'm happy for it. An upconverted program, IMHO, looks considerably better than one that is 480i and sent via SD channel compressed with 2-4Mhz bandwidth. This applies at all levels of production. It is why the upconverted DVD players have been such a success, because there is a good difference in PQ.
I could describe all the engineering reasons for it but not here. Plus, now that that programming is on an HD channel they will have the option to gradually bring true HD into the lineup as they create it. Another thing few people recognize is that many of the documentaries shot on 16mm film will easily scan in at HD pixel depth but result in a square image bounded by black bars. No, it's not 16x9 but the PQ is still quite good. Then again it is how you look at those bars. as part of the 16x9 image for HD or as something that goes with the SD aspect ratio disqualifying it for HD. It's all in your perspective. Bottom line- I'm happy to have these channels in HD and these plus science channel NGHD and Discovery is where I spend most of my viewing time. Next I would like to see the military channel in "upconverted HD until they have true HD programming. These guys need to walk before they can run.
Saw your earlier post- The initial report was that nobody was hurt in the fire which was contained in a stairwell, most of the damage was soot and smoke. You obviously didn't see that.
As for the HD channel with nothing but upscaled sd video to HD signal. In a way I would agree with you, that it is wrong but in another way, I'm happy for it. An upconverted program, IMHO, looks considerably better than one that is 480i and sent via SD channel compressed with 2-4Mhz bandwidth. This applies at all levels of production. It is why the upconverted DVD players have been such a success, because there is a good difference in PQ.
I could describe all the engineering reasons for it but not here. Plus, now that that programming is on an HD channel they will have the option to gradually bring true HD into the lineup as they create it. Another thing few people recognize is that many of the documentaries shot on 16mm film will easily scan in at HD pixel depth but result in a square image bounded by black bars. No, it's not 16x9 but the PQ is still quite good. Then again it is how you look at those bars. as part of the 16x9 image for HD or as something that goes with the SD aspect ratio disqualifying it for HD. It's all in your perspective. Bottom line- I'm happy to have these channels in HD and these plus science channel NGHD and Discovery is where I spend most of my viewing time. Next I would like to see the military channel in "upconverted HD until they have true HD programming. These guys need to walk before they can run.
How much savvy does it take to notice taht the logo was the A&E logo and not the A&E HD one?
A&E shows reruns of "Northern Exposure" which was shot on film. I think they looked great on A&E HD (when it was HD) and the 4:3 didn't bother me.
On Swanni"s newsletter this morning a spokesman for the NFL Network said the hd feed would be out for 24 to 72 hours. It did not say when the time frame would start. It also didnt say anything about the other 3 hd feeds. I assume they wil all be back around the same time.
Universal HD has been showing NE reruns for several months. They went away for a few weeks about 2 weeks ago. I've managed to S-video DVD the first 3 seasons, 38 of 110 episodes in the 6 seasons. Now I'm going to try go get them to the external drive for HD. So I'll have to look for A&E, when they get back on and hope for other seasons. Ignore episode numbers (they skip around) and compare titles against the IMDB list.
-Ken
