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Election 1964

BBC Parliament (January 2004)

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Steve in Pudsey
BBC Parliament are showing the 1964 election... in 4:3 but postage stamp, which I guess is marginally better than cropporama.

They don't make graphics like this any more!

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/election64.jpg
:-(
A former member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
BBC Parliament are showing the 1964 election... in 4:3 but postage stamp, which I guess is marginally better than cropporama.


They don't have any choice over that, they are a widescreen channel which doesn't normally need to switch like others.

Fortunately you do have a choice via the menu of your set-top box
RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
BBC Parliament are showing the 1964 election... in 4:3 but postage stamp, which I guess is marginally better than cropporama.

Which is just as well since on digital terrestrial you only get a 4:3 cutout anyway. Nice to see they showed the BBC globe at the beginning!
DV
DVB Cornwall
This is a really good archive recording.

.........suddenly realises that it's forty years ago Sad

These repeats must be re-run continually - say at four a year - the archive material needs an airing.
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Moz
The similarities between Richard Dimbleby on the election programme and his son David are amazing! If anything, Richard is funnier. He's even got an American professor with him as they have today!

David is famous for being caught with a Mars bar, whilst Richard was caught with a tea lady offering him a tray full of scones!

Good stuff!
DV
DVB Cornwall
I still find it amazing that most of this coverage was prepared with log tables and slide rules being used to perform all the calculations.
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Dog
Steve in Pudsey posted:
BBC Parliament are showing the 1964 election... in 4:3 but postage stamp, which I guess is marginally better than cropporama.


Postage stamp is not a 'television term'. What do you mean exactly?

1964 will be broadcast in 4x3, plain and simple. If you're watchin on a widescreen tv with a widescreen signal, you'll see it 4x3. If you're watching on a 4x3 screen, you'll see it 4x3.
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Gavin Scott Founding member
Dog posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
BBC Parliament are showing the 1964 election... in 4:3 but postage stamp, which I guess is marginally better than cropporama.


Postage stamp is not a 'television term'. What do you mean exactly?

1964 will be broadcast in 4x3, plain and simple. If you're watchin on a widescreen tv with a widescreen signal, you'll see it 4x3. If you're watching on a 4x3 screen, you'll see it 4x3.

The BBC Parliament channel on DTT uses 1/4 size video screen within a page of MHEG text.

'Postage stamp' because thats roughly how big the picture ends up!
DO
Dog
Gavin Scott posted:
[The BBC Parliament channel on DTT uses 1/4 video screen within a page of MHEG text.

'Postage stamp' because thats roughly how big the picture ends up!


Yeah, I suppose on Freeview, but the thread starter didn't say that he was watching on DTT. Infact he mentioned 'cropperama', which usually decends into a moan about converting 4x3 material to 14x9.
Last edited by Dog on 4 January 2004 8:12pm
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Dan Founding member
Dog posted:
Postage stamp is not a 'television term'. What do you mean exactly?


Erm yes it is. It means a 4:3 image with black bars at the top, bottom and both sides.
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Dog
Dan posted:
Dog posted:
Postage stamp is not a 'television term'. What do you mean exactly?


Erm yes it is. It means a 4:3 image with black bars at the top, bottom and both sides.


But 1964 isn't going to be shown like that.

Still, it's not a term i've come across, until now.
DA
Dan Founding member
Dog posted:
But 1964 isn't going to be shown like that.


But, as Larry has said, BBC Parliament doesn't have AFD switching to tell digiboxes that a 4:3 picture is being transmitted, so the box will not expand the picture to fill a 4:3 screen, meaning that it will appear like that.

Dog posted:
Still, it's not a term i've come across, until now.


Maybe it's just a BBC term.

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