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tvarksouthwest
james2001 posted:
Coronation Street & Emmerdale were actually very late- they were still 4:3 until 2002. Corrie were still shooting locations on film in 1988, so they were gnerally very slow at taking advantage of these things.

This despite the Rovers' fire, of summer 1986, being shot entirely on VT.
JA
james2001 Founding member
DJGM posted:
Actually, both Coronation Street and Emmerdale switched to full 16:9 widescreen broadcasts in January 2001.


I think you'll find that's wrong. The first 16:9 edition of Emmerdale was January 6th 2002, Corrie was the following day. If you watched last month when they showed the episode where Alma died from June 2001, it was in 4:3.
NG
noggin Founding member
mromega posted:
Apart from all the sport (Football, Rugby Union, Cricket) Sky One have announced that Braniac: Science Abuse 4, Final Chance to Save and the Terry Pratchett adaptation Hogfather will all be filmed in HD.


Though, of course, it is unlikely that Brainiac and Final Chance to Save will be filmed at all - they are likely to be shot on video rather than film. Hogfather could be shot on film and telecined to HD - but I suspect it will be shot on video as well.

One of my biggest personal bugbears is people using "filmed" when film is not being used... Even dictionaries now deem it to be "accepted use" - however "shot" is a much better catch-all phrase.

You can shoot on film or video, but you can only film on film...
MI
Michael
Slightly off-topic, but how rapid / slow is the likely depreciation in HD equipment likely to be? Will it be Freeview-esque (boxes now 70% cheaper than launch) or will HD be still as expensive in three years time (depending on it being a success of course)? How have prices and packages fared in the US?
DB
dbl
Alexia posted:
Slightly off-topic, but how rapid / slow is the likely depreciation in HD equipment likely to be? Will it be Freeview-esque (boxes now 70% cheaper than launch) or will HD be still as expensive in three years time (depending on it being a success of course)? How have prices and packages fared in the US?

DirecTV (USA) charge $9.99 really good value IMO:
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/HDTV_programming.jsp
MR
mromega
dbl posted:
Alexia posted:
Slightly off-topic, but how rapid / slow is the likely depreciation in HD equipment likely to be? Will it be Freeview-esque (boxes now 70% cheaper than launch) or will HD be still as expensive in three years time (depending on it being a success of course)? How have prices and packages fared in the US?

DirecTV (USA) charge $9.99 really good value IMO:
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/HDTV_programming.jsp


That $9.99 is on top of their normal subscription payment which range from $44.99 to $99.99 per month.

Regarding obtaining HD equipment, the SkyHD box will be £299 for at least 6 months, there maybe a discount around Xmas to stimulate sales.

Samsung have a HD CRT tv for launch soon (http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment/other/europes_first_hd_ready_crt) initial price indications are around £350 for the 32' screen.

Prices will undoubtably fall, I would expect the first 32inch LCD for under £500 to be available within the next 3 or 4 months (not taking into account sale periods etc.)

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