I was given to understand that it was 4:3 safe but when the bars were added top and bottom for the "fake" 14:9 effect the score graphic was decapitated
I was given to understand that it was 4:3 safe but when the bars were added top and bottom for the "fake" 14:9 effect the score graphic was decapitated
It wasn't on the TV set I saw - and that was an off-air feed.
Whoever saw it must have seen it in zoom-o-vision on Dsat, which frankly butchers the picture.
Inspector - you were basically saying to Nick that the transmission chain could not cope with 16:9 - which is utter rubbish. The programmes that go out on Dsat, for example, come out of Bristol 24 hours - so they can opt out when they like. When Points West isn't on-air, the shows come to Bristol from London, go through comms and then out to the transmitters - ie, Mendip, Freeview and Dsat. When they do that, they are in 16:9. So - there's no problem with the 'tranmission chain' per say.
I never said there was, I even specificaly mentioned that network programmes were in the right format. I made a specific distinction between where the programmes were originating and what format they are
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They problem is solely the PW gallery, which is 4:3. They've got it set up to output 14:9, so the opts all go out in that format. When the gallery is upgraded, it'll be 16:9. No upgrades will be needed to the gallery, and all they'll do is pull out one silver box that does the ARCing.
Again that's basically what I said too..... it's the output of the regional centre that isn't widescreen capable
The point I was making was that if Bristol and Plymouth had "tricked" their transmission chains into thinking the rugby feed was a network feed and then opted OUT, then digital viewers would have got a correct 16:9 picture.
This could have been achieved by some careful shifting of a few u-links, or whatever the modern equivalent is, in the comms areas in Bristol and Plymouth to over-plug the scanner truck feed onto the incoming network feed.
changing a few U links is hardly a soft-opt though
perhaps they could have patched bbc west (and i presume south west) to take "network" feed from bbc midlands late night on friday, or very early saturday morning? then patch it back to london as network feed early sunday morning?
The point I was making was that if Bristol and Plymouth had "tricked" their transmission chains into thinking the rugby feed was a network feed and then opted OUT, then digital viewers would have got a correct 16:9 picture.
This could have been achieved by some careful shifting of a few u-links, or whatever the modern equivalent is, in the comms areas in Bristol and Plymouth to over-plug the scanner truck feed onto the incoming network feed.
Yes of course that is an option.... anything is possible if someone fancies re-wiring and reconfiguring everything!
