noggin's posts, page 182

Good Morning Britain

Welcome to LCD (*) screens and their poor performance 'off-axis'. The BBC Singapore studio has the same issue as their catwalk is made of LCD displays, not plasmas as used in the studios at NBH. The DTL screens in NBH are LCD displays - but they are seldom seen 'off-axis'.

Plasmas are much better 'off axis' than even good LCDs, but they aren't available any more - so unless you can go for fine-pitch LED matrix or OLED, you don't have a choice.

(*) TVs sold in shops as 'LED' are still LCD... The LED bit refers to them having an LED, not fluorescent, backlight. The main image technology is still LCD. (Not to be confused with OLED)

Good Morning Britain

It's not 'right next' to the building (though you can see it from White City and Shepherds Bush - and it's a horrible sight) You could easily shoot a drone shot without featuring it. But the new location isn't 'iconic' in the same way the South Bank is (and in iconography terms still says 'BBC' to many) - so there's no real reason to feature it.

NOW TV

Yep - though in theory a lot of current infrastructure can work 1080p50 already - it all depends whether it is 3G or 1.5G HD-SDI - though cameras are an issue AIUI. Don't think HDC-1500s do 1080/50i at the other end of the SMPTE camera chain do they? (There are a LOT of HDC1500s out there)

NOW TV

On paper...

The reality is that most 50/59.94p production will be 2160p native, with 1080i still 'the norm' for native HD stuff for the foreseeable. There's no real incentive to switch to 1080p50 or 1080p59.94 production - the driver to 50/59.94p will be UHD.

This Morning

Err - they're in the same studio... That pretty much guarantees they will share the same technical equipment. (Doesn't mean both shows will use all the equipment)

Good Morning Britain

That sofa looks like it's on a rostrum with nothing to stop the sofa sliding back and off. (Difficult to tell though). Over here you usually put a lip on the back of rostra to help avoid this and minimise a risk (though this then becomes a trip hazard if the sofa is removed...)

This Morning

If it is moving it is likely to be played from a video server (either externally or integrated into the screen controller solution) - sot it could just be that the source wasn't playing at the time. I doubt they'd go with a still - otherwise they could have done with duratrans or similar light box solutions for the view.

This Morning

I don't think that This Morning at TLS used projection for the 'fake window' on the side wall, think that was direct view screens wasn't it? (i.e. LCD or Plasma? Window frames help a lot with letting you use multiple smaller screens rather than walls of LED matrix)

ITV abandons the South Bank

That's the converted bowling alley studio in the Anglia Square development isn't it? ISTR that the lighting grid is far lower than ideal.

AIUI this is run as EPIC now?

AIUI About Anglia used to come from the original Anglia building, then when they launched Anglia News East and West with a fully split service they effectively split a studio on that site in two. Then when they upgraded to digital SDI they moved both studio operations to the Anglia Square site - with the East having a real studio and the West having a virtual studio (also used for other shows). Then they relocated back to the original Anglia building at some point later, possibly when ITV News branding took over?

BBC News Channel Presentation - 21/03/16 onwards

I think a lot of the World Service Language TV services are not 'channels' but instead produce a relatively small amount of output each day that is then made available online and also provided to third party channels for broadcast.

NOW TV

I suspect it all arrives 1080i as harshy has said.

Some events are covered in 1080i even if the local rights-holder broadcaster is 720p - as other clients will want 1080i too...

Another interesting anomaly is that NRK and SVT are both 720p for broadcast - but internally they are almost entirely 1080i (they cross convert on TX...). ARD and ZDF were similar (though they accepted programmes made in both standards) - though now they have 1080p outlets on DVB-T2 they are presumably running 1080i or 1080p (or higher) internally.

ITV abandons the South Bank

It's pretty tight apparently. There is a midnight curfew to cope with.