ENCORE networks are about to launch classic TV hits. What do you all think of this move ?
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If you read the links in the original post, you would see that the two new rebranded Encore channels are both going to be broadcast in HD.
Actually I did read the links in the original post. I did see where the channels would be offered in HD. I did not see anything stating that Dish Network would be adding the HD versions of the channels...perhaps you could point me to the quote I missed within those links?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the channels they are rebranding are currently only offered in SD on Dish.
Who watches live TV? When the show ends, I would press stop, then go on to the next recorded program on my DVR.
Anything they show on an HD channel from the article's list would just be SD up converts, since most were originated on videotape. Murphy and Magnum, being shot on film, could be transferred, but I doubt they would go to the expense to do so.Actually I did read the links in the original post. I did see where the channels would be offered in HD. I did not see anything stating that Dish Network would be adding the HD versions of the channels...perhaps you could point me to the quote I missed within those links?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the channels they are rebranding are currently only offered in SD on Dish.
Hogan's Heroes was redone in HD and it looked wonderful. Actually the SD upconverts on TCM-HD, and all the films are upconverts look damn good....
Yeah...the Hogan's Heroes HD always looked great. I remember being shocked the first time I saw it back in the early days of HD. As far as Night Court goes, I doubt they would ever try for a show like that, but I'm curious if they could do HD with that show. Not sure how it was originally filmed, but I bought the season one DVD back when it first came out and the PQ was pretty rough even on DVD. It was like they didn't have much to work with. Never bought any of the other seasons once they finally came out, so perhaps they looked better.
As for the SD...even when its just upconverts, SD on an HD channel usually looks much better than the standard SD channels.
Night Court was taped, not filmed. Murphy Brown was filmed, not taped.
Film has much higher resolution than even HD TV. If the program was filmed, like Hogans Heroes and Murphy Brown, and you have access to the original negatives, you can make a great HD master. However if the program was originally taped, then you are essentially screwed. Even if the program was recorded on 1" tape, it was still recorded using NTSC resolution standards meaning the equivalent to 480i (400x535i at the time).
Also the quality of the picture on magnetic media degrades significantly over time. 35 year-old master tapes will look pretty darned good for NTSC, but not as good as they did their first play.
Film has much higher resolution than even HD TV. If the program was filmed, like Hogans Heroes and Murphy Brown, and you have access to the original negatives, you can make a great HD master. However if the program was originally taped, then you are essentially screwed. Even if the program was recorded on 1" tape, it was still recorded using NTSC resolution standards meaning the equivalent to 480i (400x535i at the time).
Also the quality of the picture on magnetic media degrades significantly over time. 35 year-old master tapes will look pretty darned good for NTSC, but not as good as they did their first play.
One more thing, CBS Sitcoms from the Murphy Brown era were generally filmed, the RAW cuts of the episode were transferred to video and the final cut was done from the video. In order to remaster Murphy Brown in HD the show would essentially have to be re-edited from the original films (three cameras per scene).
Would be interesting especially without commercials and they should start from beginning of all shows and go in order!!
"Unedited" sounds good and all but that's going to depend if the original masters are still available and not just some syndication cut (that's 'mostly' complete).
When does this start and where is the list of shows that there will put on there
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I found a little company called Google, it found this....
http://ir.starz.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=806142
And the original post in this thread;
http://ir.starz.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=806142
And the original post in this thread;
It will be handy not having to skip the commercials on these shows on Starz when you replay them on the DVR.
