[opendtv] Re: 625 video quality is good enough....
- From: "Alan Roberts" <roberts.mugswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:07:59 +0100
Possibly a wrong assumption. If you were watching the 2004 "Last Night of
the Proms", I can confirm that it was shot exclusively in HDTV, using Sony
HDC950s and recorded on HDD5. I was involved with setting this up and was in
the OB truck for the event, standing behind the Vision Supervisor. It was
shot in 1080/50i, using a mixture of lenses, some genuine HD, some good SD,
one dubious SD. Generally, lenses were placed where their performances could
be used to best effect, but with some necessary exceptions. I suspect you
were seeing softness from the least good lenses.
I didn't see the broadcast programme, for obvious reasons.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: [opendtv] 625 video quality is good enough....
> You might recall a recent posting suggesting that HDTV might be of little
value in countries using the 625 line system since that system's quality was
likely good enough. My position was, that as good as that image might be
relative to other analog based standards, it could not compete in quality
with true HDTV video displayed on a 720 or 1080 large screen display.
> I'm revisiting this subject only because I saw a very graphic illustration
supporting my argument last evening when viewing the BBC production of "Last
Night at the Proms", on the Discovery HD channel. This is an excellent
program in every way but it was produced in the 625 (580? DTV) 16X9 format*
and compared to other HDTV programming on the same network was noticeably
softer, particularly on the medium and long shots which are such an integral
part of that program. Clearly the viewers in Britain would have noticed and
wanted the difference.
>
> * my assumption.
>
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