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Old 31-03-2010, 17:14   #2362
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)

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Originally Posted by TheDon View Post
Cost.

To upgrade a show to HD costs a fortune, not just in cameras and editing facilities, but entire sets have to be remade. Most TV show sets just aren't designed for HD, there's too many blemishes that don't show up in SD but are overly distracting in HD.

They've been upgrading the sets and buying in HD equipment to replace end of lifespan equipment, but it's a long process.
Sorry the only thing I agree with is the costs of set, all new cameras these days shoot a flavour of HD, editing on a MAC allows to edit in HD. Cannot speak about eastenders but a majority of footage is just down converted to SD.