i used to have a CRT projector with a line doubler and watch on a wide screen of about 2.8 meters. you know what, the image was fine. possibly the only time i would have wanted more resolution was when watching babestation drunk at 3am as those girls were in very small boxes onscreen.
HD is a solution for no known problem (although is better for US based shows where they used to use film, cheaper production)
But it doesnt make anything better. Shows are still crap. Should we really let the beeb spend lots of money upgrading its systems yet again (its only been a few years since its conversion to widescreen remember) and it requires completely new production systems from camera to control room to edit suite. And STILL you will end up with Eastenders and Cash in the Attic. Just with more resolution. Do i really wanna see dot cotton in full HD? *shudders*
individual show's production costs will rise. an HD cam is very unforgiving. sets have to be perfect, as does makeup. we will probably see an even bigger rise in discrimination against older presenters. (we are talking of a world here in which June Sarpong has an MBE... i can think of hundreds of more deserving cases for gongs than a 30 year old presenter of cheap and tawdry telly). As production costs rise, there will be less trying out of new material, just rehashing of the same thing over and over again. Or if you are lucky enough to have a hit, you will be commissioned for something no matter how pisspoor the idea is (i.e. The IT Crowd) just so they can use your name in the marketting.
I cancelled my tv license and got rid of my telly in 2005. with the net if anything is actually worth watching i can download it. currently the only uk tv i am downloading is 'youve been framed' - which is only like a heavily edited youtube. The net also allows access to old shows that companies will not put out. its glorious to find an old show you loved dragged up off some bods LP VHS tape and shared with the world.
i want to live in a world where everybody listens to radio 4.
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improve the programmes - not the image
i used to have a CRT projector with a line doubler and watch on a wide screen of about 2.8 meters. you know what, the image was fine. possibly the only time i would have wanted more resolution was when watching babestation drunk at 3am as those girls were in very small boxes onscreen.
HD is a solution for no known problem (although is better for US based shows where they used to use film, cheaper production)
But it doesnt make anything better. Shows are still crap. Should we really let the beeb spend lots of money upgrading its systems yet again (its only been a few years since its conversion to widescreen remember) and it requires completely new production systems from camera to control room to edit suite. And STILL you will end up with Eastenders and Cash in the Attic. Just with more resolution. Do i really wanna see dot cotton in full HD? *shudders*
individual show's production costs will rise. an HD cam is very unforgiving. sets have to be perfect, as does makeup. we will probably see an even bigger rise in discrimination against older presenters. (we are talking of a world here in which June Sarpong has an MBE... i can think of hundreds of more deserving cases for gongs than a 30 year old presenter of cheap and tawdry telly). As production costs rise, there will be less trying out of new material, just rehashing of the same thing over and over again. Or if you are lucky enough to have a hit, you will be commissioned for something no matter how pisspoor the idea is (i.e. The IT Crowd) just so they can use your name in the marketting.
I cancelled my tv license and got rid of my telly in 2005. with the net if anything is actually worth watching i can download it. currently the only uk tv i am downloading is 'youve been framed' - which is only like a heavily edited youtube. The net also allows access to old shows that companies will not put out. its glorious to find an old show you loved dragged up off some bods LP VHS tape and shared with the world.
i want to live in a world where everybody listens to radio 4.