Ten's "Widescreen" coverage of the AGP...

[Ext User(MJT)]

Watching Ten Victoria's coverage of the AGP this arvo, I was most
annoyed to see red bars down each side of the screen, effectively
turning a WS broadcast into a 4:3 one.

Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?



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[Ext User(bacco|007)]

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:00:53 +1000, MJT wrote:

> Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?

The F1 coverage given to Ten isnt widescreen - so they often do the rest of
the broadcast in 4:3 to keep consistant
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bacco|007 wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:00:53 +1000, MJT wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?
>
> The F1 coverage given to Ten isnt widescreen - so they often do the rest
> of the broadcast in 4:3 to keep consistant

That doesn't make sense. The coverage that I watched yesterday was WS.
Depending on what they were showing, the red bars would appear, then
disappear. It was fucking annoying, to say the least.



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[Ext User(Nick Adams)]

MJT wrote:
> bacco|007 wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:00:53 +1000, MJT wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?
>> The F1 coverage given to Ten isnt widescreen - so they often do the rest
>> of the broadcast in 4:3 to keep consistant
>
> That doesn't make sense. The coverage that I watched yesterday was WS.
> Depending on what they were showing, the red bars would appear, then
> disappear. It was fucking annoying, to say the least.

They appeared to vision switch between the official AGP vision and
locally "produced" (ie. Ch10) footage/interviews.

[Ext User(Evil Brian)]

The actual footage of the race itself, and the practice sessions, is created
by a production unit who work for Bernie Ecclestone. They have their own
staff and equipment which are brought in for each race. They only have 4:3
equpiment.

Given that most Western European countries now use a 16:9 digital standard,
it would seem to be about time that BernieTV joined the 21st century.


"Nick Adams" <buzz@off.com> wrote in message
news:443097e0$0$7603$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> MJT wrote:
>> bacco|007 wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:00:53 +1000, MJT wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?
>>> The F1 coverage given to Ten isnt widescreen - so they often do the rest
>>> of the broadcast in 4:3 to keep consistant
>>
>> That doesn't make sense. The coverage that I watched yesterday was WS.
>> Depending on what they were showing, the red bars would appear, then
>> disappear. It was fucking annoying, to say the least.
>
> They appeared to vision switch between the official AGP vision and locally
> "produced" (ie. Ch10) footage/interviews.

[Ext User(MJT)]

Evil Brian wrote:

> The actual footage of the race itself, and the practice sessions, is
> created by a production unit who work for Bernie Ecclestone. They have
> their own staff and equipment which are brought in for each race. They
> only have 4:3 equpiment.

The practice, qualifying and race broadcasts were in WS mode. They
merely added these red bars down the side. I switched between digital
and analog to compare the vision. The Ten Logo on the 4:3 picture was
hard up against the edge of the picture, while the "WS" one was still
some way off the red "bars" and the edge of the real picture.

When I view 4:3 pictures via digital I get the 4 black bars on all
sides.

Anyway, why would we not have Ten show the race in WS to the local
market?



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[Ext User(Saus29)]

you can watch the race in panorama if you go out to the track lol

"MJT" <mjpt57@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Watching Ten Victoria's coverage of the AGP this arvo, I was most
> annoyed to see red bars down each side of the screen, effectively
> turning a WS broadcast into a 4:3 one.
>
> Anyone have any idea as to such silliness?
>
>
>
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