Stargate SG-1, new season is 16:9
 

Hi everybody,

I was wondering whether it's just me or is the new season indeed 16:9
on Sky One? I didn't believe my eyes ;-)

Kind regards Frederick

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You know the indestructible black box that is used on planes.
Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?

aye, it looked different more filmic (if thats a word :o) ), loved the
references to star wars especially the blowing up of the reactor,


"Frederick Page" wrote in message
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Hi everybody,

I was wondering whether it's just me or is the new season indeed 16:9
on Sky One? I didn't believe my eyes ;-)

Kind regards Frederick

--
You know the indestructible black box that is used on planes.
Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?

"Ami" wrote in message
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aye, it looked different more filmic (if thats a word :o) ), loved the
references to star wars especially the blowing up of the reactor,

References? More like plagiarism.
I like SG1, but it went down a notch on my ratings IMHO when they did this.
Couldn't they come up with a plot of their own?

loz

"Dale Richards" wrote in message
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Frederick Page said this:

Hi everybody,

I was wondering whether it's just me or is the new season indeed 16:9
on Sky One? I didn't believe my eyes ;-)

Kind regards Frederick

It is indeed. It's very encouraging to see American TV programmes broadcast
in widescreen over here. I was starting to think they'd never heard of 16:9
on that side of the pond.

And it's not just SG-1. The new American series Dead Like Me is 16:9, as is
the new series of Malcolm in the Middle. I only hope the trend continues.

Now all we need is 16:9 adverts and the removal of the channel logo and Sky
One might start to look like a serious professional channel. :)




Quite a lot of US programming in the last couple of years is available in w/s and
High Def in most cases, it's the UK channels that have for various reasons stuck
with 4:3 prints and SKY in particular have been lax for such a major player and
have been shown up by their terrestrial counterparts.

Agree about SKY1's presentation, the over abundance of onscreen graphics makes
the channel look cheap and doesn't help it stand out amongst the rest of the channels
on SKY. Five have shown that removing logos and some of the more "trashy"
programming has had positive benefits, SKY1 could learn a thing or two.

Mike C

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:54:35 +0100, "Mike_C" wrote:

Quite a lot of US programming in the last couple of years is available in w/s and
High Def in most cases, it's the UK channels that have for various reasons stuck
with 4:3 prints and SKY in particular have been lax for such a major player and
have been shown up by their terrestrial counterparts.

Agree about SKY1's presentation, the over abundance of onscreen graphics makes
the channel look cheap and doesn't help it stand out amongst the rest of the channels
on SKY. Five have shown that removing logos and some of the more "trashy"
programming has had positive benefits, SKY1 could learn a thing or two.

Star Trek Enterprise is filmed & transmitted in widescreen in the US (on some
channels at least). When it's shown for the first time in the UK it's on Sky One
in 4:3. We have to wait until Channel 4 shows the same episodes to see it in
widescreen (without logos too).

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Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:54:35 +0100, "Mike_C" wrote:

Quite a lot of US programming in the last couple of years is available in
w/s and
High Def in most cases, it's the UK channels that have for various
reasons stuck
with 4:3 prints and SKY in particular have been lax for such a major
player and
have been shown up by their terrestrial counterparts.

Agree about SKY1's presentation, the over abundance of onscreen graphics
makes
the channel look cheap and doesn't help it stand out amongst the rest of
the channels
on SKY. Five have shown that removing logos and some of the more "trashy"
programming has had positive benefits, SKY1 could learn a thing or two.

Star Trek Enterprise is filmed & transmitted in widescreen in the US (on
some
channels at least). When it's shown for the first time in the UK it's on
Sky One
in 4:3. We have to wait until Channel 4 shows the same episodes to see it
in
widescreen (without logos too).

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

I almost fell off the sofa when I saw it was in widescreen!
If only that stupid logo wasn't in the middle of the screen! Those things
are getting out of hand.
Whilst they insist on those horrid barstard things from hell itself, they'll
always be a good side to BBC and ITV!

Gra.

Mike Henry wrote:
In , "Dale Richards"
wrote:

Frederick Page said this:

Hi everybody,

I was wondering whether it's just me or is the new season indeed
16:9
on Sky One? I didn't believe my eyes ;-)

Kind regards Frederick

It is indeed. It's very encouraging to see American TV programmes
broadcast in widescreen over here. I was starting to think they'd
never heard of 16:9 on that side of the pond.

The X-Files was in widescreen from season 6 onwards. When the BBC
showed this at the start of 2000, ages after Sky had finished showing
it
cropped to 4:3 (which in turn was after it was shown in the USA), the
BBC showed it in the original widescreen.

That's how long USA programmes have been widescreen, and that's how
long Sky have been dragging their feet for.

For home-grown programming, the dates are even earlier - 1998 I
believe
for EastEnders and all new BBC programming. Similarly, Sky One's own
productions have all be shot in widescreen but until now not shown
that way.

For five years Sky have been holding back this progress, all the time
claiming that there was no demand, whilst all the other UK
broadcasters have been ramping up their widescreen output.

And it's not just SG-1. The new American series Dead Like Me is
16:9, as is the new series of Malcolm in the Middle. I only hope
the trend continues.

Indeed!

Stargate SG-1 has been widescreen since the first episode in 1997

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ThePunisher

followup to "Dale Richards" :

Now all we need is 16:9 adverts and the removal of the channel logo and Sky
One might start to look like a serious professional channel. :)

No more voice-overs in end-credits and squashed screen? Red Dots and
"Blainey" DOGs?

Kind regards Frederick

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In article , says...
Mike_C wrote:

: Agree about SKY1's presentation, the over abundance of onscreen graphics makes
: the channel look cheap and doesn't help it stand out amongst the rest of
: the channels

You could just as easily say that the BBCs stated policy of showing NOTHING
mainstream wider than 16:9 and P&S'ing Hollywood movies at wider ratios
to 16:9 makes THEM look cheap and stand out in the rest of the channels!

Sky One has been showing widescreen movies in the CORRECT RATIO recently!

That's the one thing they have done recently that's made me sit up and take
notice. Scarface this week has been 2.35:1 too (shame about the DAVID BLAINE
logo!)
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In article [email protected] eros.oche.de,
says...
followup to "Dale Richards" :

Now all we need is 16:9 adverts and the removal of the channel logo and Sky
One might start to look like a serious professional channel. :)

No more voice-overs in end-credits and squashed screen? Red Dots and
"Blainey" DOGs?

Kind regards Frederick

You and everyone else in this thread should get a load of Time To Burn in
uk.media.tv.misc at the moment who actually writes to TV broadcasters to tell
them how much he likes their logos and how he thinks they add to a channel's
personality and makes them so distinctive.

He even thinks that E4's use of "MOVIE" during a movie (in the same way they
do BRAND NEW and 2ND CHANCE) is equally useful. He *IS* Stuart Murphy!
(x-posted to umtm)
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