Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35280223)

Funny that Den as the ITV HD channels seemed popular enough in this forum vote with ITV2 HD most popular.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...want-most.html

Originally Posted by Rob (Post 35280201)

Since much of the ITV3 & 4 output is repeats of stuff recorded in SD why even both with running the channel in HD :shrug:

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35280615)

While many of the classic shows from the 60s and 70s were shot on film and could be rescanned in HD, have any of them actually been rescanned for ITV? I thought they were broadcasting from the same old PAL videotape and upscaling it.

Originally Posted by Rob (Post 35280201)

Since much of the ITV3 & 4 output is repeats of stuff recorded in SD why even both with running the channel in HD :shrug:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35280629)

Looking on todays sky epg there is quite a bit on ITV 2,3,4 HD in HD

The Biggest Loser , motorsport UK , The only way is Essex , Agatha Christies Poirot , No Reservations , Americas got talent , Darts European Championship live , Carry on Cowboy , Freddie Flintoff versus the world , Columbo Ashes to Ashes , Free Willy , The Mummy , Hannibal ,Red Heat.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35280630)

Yes there is quite a lot reasonable programming there.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35280632)

Some crap as well , but so do most channels :D

Originally Posted by JethroUK (Post 35280625)

Who knows what res they scanned them in the first place & if they're showing them directly from tape they'd easily upscale it to HD, but either way they would benefit from being shown in HD. The 'old PAL videotape' still captured faaaaaaaaar more detail than lousy 1080 res we are being treated to at the mo

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35280648)

Again, the question is, have they gone back to the original prints and remasterd the broadcast tape, or are they upscaling? If the former then it's no surprise it looks better. If the latter then all well and good, but as you can get home equipment that does a perfectly competent job of upscaling, it draws us back to the original issue ... What, really, is the advantage in having an HD version of a channel on your EPG when that channel's output consists largely of upscaled SD programmes?

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35280648)

Really? What resolution would you expect to get from the tapes commonly in use when film prints of Batman, The Professionals, The Saint etc were being copied over (I'm assuming the tape format would be Betacam, or one of its successors)? So far, I've not been able to find any source that suggests that family of professional recording/mastering tapes was capable of capturing resolution in excess of 1080. Discussion of quality regarding those formats seems to revolve around the composite recording technique, which AFAIK would not improve the resolution of the image.



Again, the question is, have they gone back to the original prints and remasterd the broadcast tape, or are they upscaling? If the former then it's no surprise it looks better. If the latter then all well and good, but as you can get home equipment that does a perfectly competent job of upscaling, it draws us back to the original issue ... What, really, is the advantage in having an HD version of a channel on your EPG when that channel's output consists largely of upscaled SD programmes?

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35280653)

plus I find it handy to be able to record a show when repeated on ITV2 HD when a clash occurs on its original airing on ITV1 HD.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35280882)

I think you need three recordable tuners. Have you heard about Virgin Tivo..... ?

:D

Who needs ten million HD channels when you have three recordable tuners? ;):D