On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congratulations on not putting a DOG on BBC HD during the presidential > inauguration, even though there was one (saying LIVE Washington) on BBC > One! An unusual but welcome reversal. > > It was a bit strange that at the end, when they showed a mini-highlights > of the day, it was not only SD, it was 4:3. Was that package provided by > the US network or something, where AFAIK, 16:9 always means HD?
The pool feed was in HD; everything else in the programme was upscaled SD. We're not sure why, but the gallery in the BBC bureau in Washington (who produced quite a large part of the programme) were working with 4:3 material, which is why the highlights package was presented in this way.. During the preamble, BBC HD did cut away to the pool feed more often than the News Channel. - martin - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
