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[dJOS]

stones, on Jan 6 2006, 09:16 PM, said:

His point is that seven's 'HD' is no better than its SD and I disagree completely.

ITS WORSE!!!

Stones

Are you american, if you are then my above attempt at humour, comes under the heading of irony.  

[50MXE20]

anthonysimilion, on Jan 1 2006, 04:22 PM, said:

What's In High Definition This Week

I'll have to make a new thread every week for this, as after a few days I am unable to edit the first post (to update the information). It'll be weekly from now on. Do you think it should be every three or four days to keep it fresh in people's minds - or should I stick to weekly?

My vote would be update weekly.

[anthonysimilion]

Now that it's a sticky, it will always be easy for people to find - so weekly it will be.

[billabong33]

Congratulations!

Now make sure your weekly HD sticky is correct and spot on, so I dont watch a show that's not Native 1080i HD!

[anthonysimilion]

Update

An updated guide, covering 8/01/06 to 15/01/06 has been posted. This thread can now be bookmarked, for easier access.

[dJOS]

anthonysimilion, on Jan 8 2006, 02:46 AM, said:

Update

An updated guide, covering 8/01/06 to 15/01/06 has been posted. This thread can now be bookmarked, for easier access.

Love your work Anthony  

[DavoNogo]

I think you might be missing one... hold on, I'll PM you

[Inferno-]

What would be the best HD program to show friends the improved picture quality between SD and HD?  Which one has the most noticeable improvement?

[Mathew]

ON WIN HD THIS WEEK

Monday - Friday

6:00am Today
10:00am Everwood
11:30am Spin City
2:00pm The Young And The Restless
3:30pm What I Like About You

[anthonysimilion]

Inferno-, on Jan 9 2006, 06:59 AM, said:

What would be the best HD program to show friends the improved picture quality between SD and HD?  Which one has the most noticeable improvement?

Studio shots in 'Today' are very good quality. 'Good Morning Australia' also has very sharp video. 'Totally Wild' is one of the best examples of HD, even though it is on a so called 'HD Lite' bitrate. 'Smallville' is also quite good. 'One on One' is shown very early in the morning, but has excellent picture quality. Those are just off the top of my head - there are plenty of others.

[BlueDusk]

Keen, on Jan 6 2006, 01:52 PM, said:

Channel 7 upscales everything and when something is 'native HD' the logo will change from the SD logo to the HD one.

Here in Sydney we get the HD watermark regardless of it being upconverted or native HD.

[anthonysimilion]

Winston, on Jan 10 2006, 07:05 AM, said:

Here in Sydney we get the HD watermark regardless of it being upconverted or native HD.

That's how it is in the major captial cities.

[DavoNogo]

They don't upscale everything either... only from (I think) 5pm and onwards. During the day it's the fugly loop.

I don't think I've ever seen the SD logo on 7's 576p channel.

[anthonysimilion]

Update

An updated guide, covering 15/01/06 to 23/01/06 has been posted.

The number of HD broadcasts seems to be ramping up.

[DavoNogo]

I reckon there ought to be a tally at the end, just to show that HD isn't being neglected in the country

(an hour count would probably be asking for too much, though it would be nice to know just how many hours each network are putting in to surpass their HD quota)

And yet again, I didn't see another program during my sweep of the tv guide... this time, it's Karate Kid... doubt it would be of high quality though, considering it's age...

[anthonysimilion]

Ten HD Total for 16/01/05 to 22/01/05 - ~31 hours
Nine HD total for 16/01/05 to 22/01/05 - ~37.33 hours

[DavoNogo]

lol - thanks anthonysimilion

[Champion_R]

DavoNogo, on Jan 10 2006, 10:42 AM, said:

They don't upscale everything either... only from (I think) 5pm and onwards. During the day it's the fugly loop.

They upconvert nothing. They bodge SD programs to Low Def format.

[DavoNogo]

Champion_R, on Jan 15 2006, 06:23 PM, said:

They upconvert nothing. They bodge SD programs to Low Def format.

You reckon one of these would help them when broadcasting SD sources? http://pro.jvc.com/p...el_id=MDL101225

Need to couple it with this too I guess: http://pro.jvc.com/p...el_id=MDL101391

$19,500US for the Upconvertor, $29,995US for the Encoder

[yabbal]

Dont give them that encoder! The picture will never get above 9Mbit!

"9 Mbps to 45 Mbps bitrate (Controlled on front panel)—Improved! "

[DavoNogo]

hang on... they are probably using a device similar to that, as the bitrate on 7's 576p is always a constant 9.00 mbps

[anthonysimilion]

Update

An updated guide, covering 22/01/06 to 30/01/06 has been posted.

[Milorad]

hey, just wanted to say thanks for doing this

[anthonysimilion]

No problems.

[shrek]

Winston, on Jan 10 2006, 10:05 AM, said:

Here in Sydney we get the HD watermark regardless of it being upconverted or native HD.

There is a HD watermark even if it's 4:3.