Home Theater Forum - View Single Post - TCM In HD --- When?

Mark-P · 05-09-2008, 09:25 PM

Slightly off-topic, but still relevant... AMC (American Movie Classics) just started an HD channel in our area. What a f---ing waste of bandwidth space! The other night they were showing "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" in a 4X3 panned-and-scanned master, stretched on the sides to fit the widescreen frame! I mean, for christ sake, if you're not going to air a true HD master, you can at least take a standard 16x9 transfer and upconvert to Hi-def. Even consumers now have DVD players that upconvert to HD.

05-09-2008, 09:25 PM	#10 of 10
Mark-P Member Location: Portland, Oregon Join Date: Sep 2005 Local Time: 08:42 PM Local Date: 10-10-2008 Posts: 280	Re: TCM In HD --- When? Slightly off-topic, but still relevant... AMC (American Movie Classics) just started an HD channel in our area. What a f---ing waste of bandwidth space! The other night they were showing "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" in a 4X3 panned-and-scanned master, stretched on the sides to fit the widescreen frame! I mean, for christ sake, if you're not going to air a true HD master, you can at least take a standard 16x9 transfer and upconvert to Hi-def. Even consumers now have DVD players that upconvert to HD. Last edited by Mark-P : 05-09-2008 at 09:36 PM.