widescreen

Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams, yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

Utter crap.

Brendan

Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:
Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams,
yet they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

That's because they didn't provide the main match coverage from Euro 2004.
Direct your criticism at RTP Portugal (The country's state broadcaster, who are
a 100% 4:3 outfit) and the EBU who co-ordinated the international coverage

http://www.rtp.pt/

http://www.ebu.ch/en/index.php

i saw it too and was amazed - and made to feel a little indequate!

"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message
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Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams, yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

Utter crap.

Brendan

Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:
Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Great Programme.

I can't believe how tense I felt when baby elephant was crossing
the river with the crocs waiting to pounce.

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:
Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams,
yet they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

That's because they didn't provide the main match coverage from Euro 2004.
Direct your criticism at RTP Portugal (The country's state broadcaster, who
are
a 100% 4:3 outfit) and the EBU who co-ordinated the international coverage

Who did have 16:9 cameras actually.
But because they didn't provide enough different angles for coverage, BBC/ITV
didnt take em.

Loz

loz wrote:
"Mark Carver" wrote in message
That's because they didn't provide the main match coverage from Euro 2004.
Direct your criticism at RTP Portugal (The country's state broadcaster, who are
a 100% 4:3 outfit) and the EBU who co-ordinated the international coverage

Who did have 16:9 cameras actually.
But because they didn't provide enough different angles for coverage, BBC/ITV
didnt take em.

That was Euro 1080
http://www.euro1080.tv/partners.htm

The Beeb and ITV did seem to have their own 16:9 cameras around the grounds
(as well as of course in the pundit's studio). The half time replays often included
16:9 pictures either taken from these cameras, or perhaps a down converted
feed from Euro 1080 ?

"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message
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Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams, yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

Utter crap.

Brendan



Oooo, could that have been because it was not the BBC who were filming Euro
2004 and it was a feed from the Portugese? Prat.

"Charlotte" wrote in message
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Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams, yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!
Oooo, could that have been because it was not the BBC who were filming Euro
2004 and it was a feed from the Portugese? Prat.

But as has been discussed earlier in the thread, 16:9 format picture WERE
available. Just that BBC didn't take em.

Who's the prat.....

Loz

"loz" wrote in message
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"Charlotte" wrote in message
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Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams,
yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!
Oooo, could that have been because it was not the BBC who were filming
Euro
2004 and it was a feed from the Portugese? Prat.

But as has been discussed earlier in the thread, 16:9 format picture WERE
available. Just that BBC didn't take em.

Who's the prat.....

Loz

Besides, my original post was intened to be a more light-hearted comparison
between Euro2004 and a simple David Attenborough documentary .

The emphasis on my original post was the fact that we take wide-screen
cameras for granted so much that we can even make them look like elephant
poo (to fool the elephants) and not think twice about it! The documentary
was hilariously funny.... Great close-up footage too.

Lighten up Charlotte!

Brendan

"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message
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Watching an amazing programme on BBC1 about elephants.

Isn't it odd that they can have widescreen dung-cams and plop-cams, yet
they cant give us widescreen pictures from Euro2004!

With a dick like that son of a bitch had you need widescreeen.

Gareth.