Thread: 4 HD channels to launch on Virgin Media
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Old 14-07-2009, 14:09   #70
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Re: 4 HD channels to launch on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by oliver1948uk View Post
I am very confused! I have seen a post where somebody is looking forward to watching DAD'S ARMY in HD! Surely, the only programmes that will benefit from HD (as opposed to upscaled SD) are those that are filmed and broadcast in HD, which will be only some programmes made recently.

We know about those that are on BBC HD, but, for instance, is EASTENDERS filmed in HD? I suspect not since it is not broadcast on BBC HD.

The point I am making is that surely HD channels will only be as good as the technical quality of the programmes broadcast. What percentage of programmes being made at the moment are actually filmed in HD quality?

I suspect having lots of HD channels will mean filling them up with programmes not made in HD which will be of little or no benefit.

I am sure somebody will put me right if I have got it all wrong!
I think that post was mine, and it was tongue in cheek about how the quality of shows on the "british" channels that people are crying for in HD doesn't match the output that made British TV world reknowned.

However something doesn't have to have been "filmed in HD", it just has to have been filmed on film rather than videotape. Some old stuff will have been shot on film, and so can then be resampled at a HD resolution. If it was shot on videotape then yes it'll just up upscaled.
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