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Not sure why the show that is on now (Chart Blast) is showing videos like the above screen. Perhaps all SD videos are shown like that.
Click to enlarge, click again to get to full size. Will try and record the ident at 9pm.
Chart Blast is the only show that does that. It reminds me of what a lot of the US HD news channels do, using the full frame to add extra text. AFAIK it's the only programme that has 4:3 videos, the other programmes that show music videos have HD videos (of which there aren't too many) and upscaled videos produced in 16:9 SD.
Most of the channel's HD content comes from programmes like MTV Live, MTV Unplugged, 2$Bill, VH1 Storytellers etc. The only non-music programmes are a late-night extreme sports show, and the Nickelodeon block on weekend mornings (during which time the MTV logo in the DOG is replaced by the Nick one).
And yes the "N" in MTVNHD stands for "Networks". I remember a year or two ago taking part in a survey that asked about a HD channel showing a mix of content from all of MTV's networks - MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy. Seems that the Paramount part was later dropped, probably due to it being a pan-European channel.
Blake Connolly
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Ste posted:
Not sure why the show that is on now (Chart Blast) is showing videos like the above screen. Perhaps all SD videos are shown like that.
Click to enlarge, click again to get to full size. Will try and record the ident at 9pm.
Chart Blast is the only show that does that. It reminds me of what a lot of the US HD news channels do, using the full frame to add extra text. AFAIK it's the only programme that has 4:3 videos, the other programmes that show music videos have HD videos (of which there aren't too many) and upscaled videos produced in 16:9 SD.
Most of the channel's HD content comes from programmes like MTV Live, MTV Unplugged, 2$Bill, VH1 Storytellers etc. The only non-music programmes are a late-night extreme sports show, and the Nickelodeon block on weekend mornings (during which time the MTV logo in the DOG is replaced by the Nick one).
And yes the "N" in MTVNHD stands for "Networks". I remember a year or two ago taking part in a survey that asked about a HD channel showing a mix of content from all of MTV's networks - MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy. Seems that the Paramount part was later dropped, probably due to it being a pan-European channel.