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When widescreen? (February 2005)

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MO
moss Founding member
Here's a question. When are UKTV going to get widescreen playout facilities? They're showing more and more shows shot in widescreen, and their 14:9-o-vision looks a bit crap on widescreen tellies.

They're going to have to do it sooner or later...

(Apologies if this has been covered recently.)
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tvarksouthwest
It's a damn cheek having to pay for these channels when you aren't getting the full picture!
EI
Edward Ington-Lock
Tip : UKTV is more likely to know than we are.
IS
Inspector Sands
They are the only channels that haven't moved from TV Centre to the new broadcast centre so will be moving quite soon.

However converting to widescreen would be a big job as they'd have to obtain new copies of and re-edit about half of their programmes
NU
The Nurse
True, but it must look rubbish to the average Joe when Sky One shows home-grown crap about badly behaved southern males in 16:9 but the UKTV group who are showing a lot of high-budget programmes can't manage it.

Mind you the average Joe has probably got his STB set up wrong and his widescreen telly in "I'm A Nobhead" stretch-o-vision.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
tvarksouthwest posted:
It's a damn cheek having to pay for these channels when you aren't getting the full picture!

I'm totally amazed at this comment from you, Simon, given how you're reacting in another thread.

So how would you counter my argument if I were to say that as long as 4:3 televisions are still available, the broadcasters have a moral obligation to continue transmitting everything in 4:3?
SP
Spencer
Inspector Sands posted:
However converting to widescreen would be a big job as they'd have to obtain new copies of and re-edit about half of their programmes


That's no excuse not to go to 16:9. It may be a big job, but the sooner they start, the sooner they'll finish.

[Edit: Just read that back and realised how much I'm starting to sound like my mum.]
AJ
A.J.A.
Yep, I agree entirely. I would imagine (read: would like to think) that once UKTV moves to the Broadcast Centre all new widescreen programmes will be delivered edited in 16:9, whilst those which have already been edited to 14:9 on a 4:3 raster/screen can - in the short term - be TXd as a 4:3 programme.

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