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Post by John Green on Jan 19, 2014 20:41:32 GMT
Not really Sue. In fact, video from a domestic source will look so much better on a HD source because of the compression algorithms used. If only DVD and DVB-T had worked in the ability to act as a wrapper for H264 video data aswell as MPEG2, so that H264 could be used for SD aswell as HD content. Often, SD material looks much better on digital TV on HD channels, but only because it's transmitted in H264 and not MPEG2 - so yes, the additional resolution is wasted, but the additional *detail* isn't. But since H264 never managed to make it as an SD transmission format, HD transmissions will always offer a big quality step-up for SD material. Mark,I understand very little of that,but I'm pleased and reassured by the way it sounds!
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Post by John Green on Jan 19, 2014 21:09:53 GMT
It's down for release on April 7th now.Did we know that? One step forward,one step back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2014 13:01:10 GMT
It was March originally so it's been put back slightly. I'm sure it'll be worth the wait although the Network slate for 2014 on the TV front generally looks decidedly feeble! I hope some strong things are planned as they haven't reached the bottom of the barrel by any means.
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Post by RWels on Jan 22, 2014 0:12:20 GMT
Call me picky, but combining SD video with HD film inserts is over-restoration, particularly if the video comes from a domestic format. It doesn't. They have 2 unaired episodes from a domestic format, but those are complete. Rob probably said SD (Standard Definition) because the filmed inserts that the new stuff is meant to complete are on 16mm film (AFAWK). They probably won't introduce a huge quality difference with the stuff they are (re)shooting, because that would look weird and would interrupt the flow. So either they promote the 16mm to HD or they downgrade the new material to SD. It was March originally so it's been put back slightly. Slightly? It was March 2013 originally.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 9:38:16 GMT
You're right, it was!
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Post by John Green on Feb 7, 2014 1:33:45 GMT
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Post by RWels on Mar 7, 2014 0:33:08 GMT
More details now available: networkonair.com/shop/1674-new-incomplete-complete-and-utter-history-of-britain-the.html#sthash.rUQOSZiU.dpufSET INCLUDES: [] 50-minute feature containing new linking material by Palin and Jones [] interview with producer Humphrey Barclay [] the first two episodes as transmitted (the only ones still to exist) [] the first two episodes as recorded (includes some different sketches to that which was transmitted) [] all existing film insert material used throughout the series, kept safe by Terry Jones for over forty years [] brand new booklet by archive television historian Andrew Pixley [] extensive image gallery [] script and production paperwork PDFs
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Post by John Green on Mar 10, 2014 22:12:17 GMT
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Post by RWels on Mar 10, 2014 23:36:53 GMT
Hey Fiddy, if you are reading this, perhaps you could finally satisfy my curiosity if the BFI previously used a download of the episodes, like the flyer at the time suggested, or not.
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Post by John Green on Mar 30, 2014 21:40:55 GMT
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Post by martinogorman on Apr 4, 2014 13:56:44 GMT
Did anyone else go to the BFI on Wednesday? It was a good evening, featuring a nice chat between Mr Fiddy and Michael Palin, a showing of the 50-minute compilation of surviving film inserts and new material and the entire, restored "Episode One", which was actually the compilation of the first two parts.
The full episode suffered by repeating a lot of material that we'd already seen, and some of the "new" links shot by Palin and Jones are the same scripts that Colin Gordon originally read.
LWT's decision to compile the first two parts was sound - the revised first episode is much stronger and rambles less.
But it did hang together really well without the studio bound sketches, and there were some genuine laugh out loud moments, much better than its reputation suggests!
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Post by John Green on Apr 6, 2014 23:02:16 GMT
At last the 1948 show.
Sort of,The (In)Complete History is Out Now.
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Post by John Green on Apr 9, 2014 15:04:11 GMT
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