BBC HD - Eastenders
 

Just out of curiosity! Is Eastenders suppose to be broadcasting in HD? It's a good picture but doesn't appear to be HD to me!!

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

Yeah, 1st HD episode was broadcast on Xmas day.

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

I think most of it is in HD - but I agree some scenes seem a bit upscaled - perhaps in the sets which aren't quiet HD ready they're still using old cameras?

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

No they would use the same equipment for filming everything.

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

ye its hd look at jessie wallace god shes rough :)

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Usually BBC HD is pretty bloody good IMO but Corrie HD knocks posts off EE HD... And i don;t even watch them :p

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Yes, if you compare Eastenders to Corri, the quality and sharpness is so much better, hence the question!!! It just seems upscaled to me:confused:!

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

It's probably more down to the notorious low bitrate of BBC HD over ITV HD

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

You dont need HD for that :D;)

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

I did notice, when I was at my Mum's last week (I don't watch soaps usually - just need to stress that :) ) that after Christmas Day EastEnders didn't have the BBC One HD dog. I took that as an indication that maybe it wasn't in HD - and it didn't look as good (this was on $ky).

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on the Sky HD box settings menu you can choose to highlight HD broadcasts. Once highlighted, the program info bit for HD broadcasts will be shown in orange rather than white.

Amazing how much non HD stuff channels like 5 HD show.

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is that because $KY subscribers need to be told as they wouldnt notice ;)

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It's just the satellite feed that has a lower bitrate. Virgin Media get the BBC HD channels raw, direct by fibre from the BBC.

Isn't EE filmed months in advance anyway? So the xmas episode was probably HD, but episodes you are seeing now may have been filmed earlier?

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

Not really. Most of the TV programmes produced until now have been SD programmes (HD wasn't even an option until the mid 90s). Even now, the only country producing a lot of HD is the US, and while the US is a huge producer of TV, they are far from the only one. A lot of countries still only have SD TV. Even in both this country and the US, a lot of production and TV companies are not equipped for HD due to the cost (the consumer only has to replace their TV and STB, the production companies will have to upgrade cameras, editing computers, video recorders not to mention both data and electrical networks connecting that lot - this is one major reason why the BBC is moving out of Television Centre as it would cost too much to fully upgrade). In short, if you upgrade to HD, it might cost a couple of thousand pounds. If a production company upgrades, it will cost them more than ten times that.

Re: BBC HD - Eastenders
 

How much of the increased bitrate is negated by the fact VM encode in MPEG2 rather than the more efficient MPEG4 used on Sky/Freeview HD?