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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth
Sent: 13 January 2009 17:45
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?
It wouldn't be so bad if the DOG was at the corner of the 16:9 frame as you
can't do a centre-cut-out with the player.
Oh yeah, and that leads me to another gripe - the BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC
Parliament, CBeebies etc... DOGs on TV. Why are they in the 4:3 safe zone?!
Even Sky has realised that it's pointless and shuffled them over to the edge
of the 16:9 frame for Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3. Their logos are now also far less
obtrusive (read: not pink like one channel's logo!) and don't happen to
imprint themselves upon peoples' foreheads or onto the middle of objects in
the foreground or background... This is an amusing read which highlights
just how poor it can get (from BBC Three):
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/ianmorris/0,139101819,49299905,00.htm
I wish the Beeb would be bold and retire the DOGs! One press of a button to
bring up the search and scan banner will confirm which channel it is (or
just wait until the idents come on!)... But I doubt it'll happen.
