Aurora8 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I'm watching GO... It's currently showing the 60s show, "I Dream of Jeannie". However, it's in widescreen mode.I assume that GO is doing this so its viewers don't get disgruntled with black sidebars... Seasons 4 & 5 have been remastered in High Definition widescreen by Sony. So it isn't a case of GO! just cropping the picture. Seasons 1-3 however are still in 4:3 aspect ratio on GO!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miata Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I'm watching GO (in a WIN regional coverage area). It's currently showing the 60s show, "I Dream of Jeannie". However, it's in widescreen mode.Anyone here know how they're doing this? I initially thought that they'd zoomed the picture so the sidebars are removed but the top and bottom gets chopped off. But it doesn't appear to be the case. I assume that GO is doing this so its viewers don't get disgruntled with black sidebars... Thanks for making me feel old. I was a chauffer for a couple of years while I was trying to get into QANTAS and drove Barbara Eden around for a week (1977ish) when she was in Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philmore Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Is it just Bendigo or is GO! not on air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philmore Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Is it just Bendigo or is GO! not on air? Back on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenSLR Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 drove Barbara Eden around for a week (1977ish) when she was in Sydney. you lucky man. s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 the picture quality channel on GO 99 is absolutely the pits ! cant be anything worse on TV at present. how on earth are they goign to convince people to switch to digital tv with such appalling picture quality I have no idea. I took a photograph of what I was seeing yesterday. black adder. looked like it was playing of a very very bad VHS tape ! http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?act=att...ost&id=8653 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Should I mention ABC2 at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenSLR Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 looked like it was playing of a very very bad VHS tape ! It probably was recorded from an old reel that had seen better days - probably the only remaining copy. s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digicruiser Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) the picture quality channel on GO 99 is absolutely the pits ! cant be anything worse on TV at present. how on earth are they goign to convince people to switch to digital tv with such appalling picture quality I have no idea.I took a photograph of what I was seeing yesterday. black adder. looked like it was playing of a very very bad VHS tape ! http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?act=att...ost&id=8653 Looked at the pic, ruddy bells! I would turn it over straight away!!!!!!!!!! Even some promos they put on 72 / GO look like old VHS recordings recorded on ghosty analague images. Edited January 17, 2010 by Digicruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digicruiser Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 How on earth can they promote Digital TV with Standard Definition programming on TV's bigger than 32 inch!!!! The bigger TV's just make it worse and force one to always watch HD channels or don't bother and watch DVD / Blue-Ray each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckent Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Virtually all the TV shows in the 60's and 70's were shot on film that had an imprint ratio somewhere between 1.5 and 1.8 aspect so making HD widescreen transfers has been possible with very good quality. However in some scenes some distracting side detail is obvious and there was no choice but to zoom in a little more which crops detail from the top and bottom.It was primarily the 80's were cheap and nasty video tape was used to record tv shows and sadly almost nothing can be used to improve the quality of those shows. I just watched The French Connection on Showtime Action HD today and boy, was it good. That movie looked like it pioneered a lot of police-procedural styles of cinematographic direction used in most TV shows 30 years later. It was shot in 1971 in a very grimy New York city on location. But the HD remastering, as well as Showtime Action HD's transmission, really put a shine on it. You could enjoy it like it was made 4 years ago, not 40 years ago. CK. Edited January 26, 2010 by ckent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenSLR Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) I just watched The French Connection That movie looked like it pioneered a lot of police-procedural styles of cinematographic direction used in most TV shows 30 years later. It was an iconic movie, It won five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Best Film Editing and Best Writing. s Edited January 28, 2010 by StephenSLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckent Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 It was an iconic movie, So does this explain why "the French connection" is such a well-known phrase, then? CK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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