Survivor on CBS -- HD?... NO

[bigbert]

Sorry if this has already been discussed but does anyone know if Survivor will be broadcast in full screen HD this season?

 

[BFG]

no

 

[sno543]

Here is CBS' HDTV Schedule.

http://www.cbs.com/info/hdtv/index.php

 

[VinceT3]

They'll never make that thing HD.. not sure why though...

 

[Airblair]

They'll never make that thing HD.. not sure why though...

They've cited two reasons:

1) HD Cameras are too fragile for the harsh environments where they film the show, and it's too expensive bringing postproduction equipment to the remote locations; and

2) Have you seen how gross those people look after a month of no showers? Why would you want to see that in HD?

 

[VinceT3]

I think discovery channell hd and national geographic hd film in much worse environments .. and it's the scenery we want to see in hd not the people..

 

[garys]

Alright, now they will start working on HD with an sd center.

 

[VinceT3]

ugh.. one of the ota channels here does that.. Ick..


Actually how long do you think it will be before they realize they can show 4x3 and use the rest for advertisements.. *cringe*

 

[StevenD]

This season *might* be in HD. The reason I say that I watched the "CBS Fall Preview" show a few week ago. In that show, every Survivor shot was in widescreen. And when they did the interviews, it was clearly an HD picture.

That being said, just because it *might* have been filmed in HD, doesnt mean that it will get edited and broadcast in HD.

 

[osu1991]

Actually they were testing filming survivor in HD this season to see what results they got. Whether or not that makes it to the air or not only time will tell.

 

[VinceT3]

Look SD to me!