pulp39
Premium
join:2003-01-28
Ottawa, ON
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May 4th, @08:55PM
| Hilton Lac Reamy has A Channel in HD. How?
So, where the hell is A Channel in HD on Rogers. Come to mention it, where the hell is CTV's NewsNet in HD on Rogers? I don't know which provider The Hilton is using but man, sure was weird seeing those 2 channels in HD, had no clue! I have my HD Faves in the 500 + channels. |
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HiVolt
Premium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs: | Rogers still doesn't carry the TSN alternate feed in HD either. They will supposedly start increasing the compression on existing HD channels to squeeze in more without upgrading.
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GOLF LEAFS GOLF! |
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pulp39
Premium
join:2003-01-28
Ottawa, ON
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May 4th, @09:01PM
| Oh, okay. So it's just not me understanding all the channels available in HD, by Rogers. Rogers simply does NOT carry A Channel nor NewsNet in HD, right? So, was this Bell satellites that The Hilton uses? |
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magnus2
join:2004-05-23
Ottawa, ON | reply to pulp39
I work for A-Channel Ottawa, and we do not shoot/broadcast in HD. So it is not possible, sorry! |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0 | Well, Hull is Videotron country and they don't have A Channel in HD that's for sure. Looking at Rogers Toronto lineup, they don't have A Channel in HD either. |
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juggie
join:2007-04-25
Nepean, ON
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May 4th, @11:25PM
| reply to pulp39
Are you sure the hockey isnt done in hd and available to the bars or something, since sportsnet produces it anyway? I was at boston pizza and the sens game was on achannel (this was months ago regular season) but did not look stretched. (it was on a wide screen 37" or something). And the picture looked quite sharp. It did make me curious at the time because the picture looked quite good for SD, almost too good. And to be honest, a-channels picture is not known for being good. |
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pulp39
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join:2003-01-28
Ottawa, ON
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May 4th, @11:34PM
| said by juggie  :Are you sure the hockey isnt done in hd? I was at boston pizza and the sens game was on achannel (this was months ago regular season) but did not look stretched. (it was on a wide screen 37" or something. And the picture looked quite sharp. It did make me curious at the time because the picture looked quite good for SD. That's exactly what A Channel looked like. When I watch a channel in SD on my HDTV, it looks like crap and the 4:3 is inside the 16:9. A Channel/Newsnet looked pretty damn good and filled the 42 inch HDTV in The Hilton Hotel. Is this some special hotel feed? LOL
When you guys watch SD on your HDTV, have you configured your tv's to somehow auto-fill the screen but not by stretching/zoom? |
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anon58325090
@teksavvy.com
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said by juggie :Are you sure the hockey isn't done in hd? I was at boston pizza and the sens game was on achannel (this was months ago regular season) but did not look stretched. (it was on a wide screen 37" or something. And the picture looked quite sharp. It did make me curious at the time because the picture looked quite good for SD. I've noticed that too watching the games on A channel, some times it would be near HD quality, other times it looked so sick if i wasn't a die hard sens fan i would have skipped watching it. And this is on a 42" Sony you can really tell the difference between SD and HD in sporting events. |
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juggie
join:2007-04-25
Nepean, ON
| reply to pulp39
yeah, its possible to just zoom and crop and not stretch at all, but you loose alot of the picture (top and bottom) and that should be noticable. I just thought it was possible that since sportsnet produces a-channel hockey anyways, and since they are doing HD this year, it might be possible for the local bars to buy some sort of special feed of a-channel in HD just for the games.
(btw, if anyone knows dean brown, tell him hes the worst hockey commentator i've ever heard, so biased he even bugs sens fans) |
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elwoodblues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
| reply to juggie
Hockey is typically shot in HD, then down converted.
You'll find that of most major TV shows, they'll shoot in 720p (CBC does 1080i), and down convert for SD channels. Compressing something of excellent quality will give you better results then trying to up-convert something that was crappy in the first place |
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