Comments on: Simpsons in glorious SD widescreen

By: baron

baron — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:35:33 +0000

forget hdtv in australia. ive been waiting since2001when i bought my first 1080i panasonic crt tv and besides the original demo loop on 10 and the occasional movie ive been sorely dissapointed. i am continually stunned and amazed at the quality and range of hd available elsewhere. my advice to you all, get a home theatre pc and a fast broadband connection and never look back.

By: avoidz

avoidz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:08:39 +0000

“HD-TV is worth every cent” reads the chalkboard joke in TEN’s widescreen premier of The Simpsons this evening. The show is on the SD channel…

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:45:15 +0000

I don’t wanna diss the HD crowd, you have every right to be pissed off when you plunk down thousands on expensive gear only to greeted with sport, but as someone who gets their TV from Foxtel (that’s no channel 7 here in melb) The aspect ratio is the more important of The Simpsons upgrades to me.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:42:39 +0000

It’s not rocket science. One digital channel = sports. The other = Ten HD.

By: Andrew B

Andrew B — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:20:01 +0000

Currently there can only be one HD channel per network due to bandwidth and licensing. Until analogue is gone it is impossible to have 2 HD channels.

And yes, if you can’t tell the difference between HD and SD you probably have a bad TV or its too small.

By: Bazza

Bazza — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:55:14 +0000

What would have made the most sense would have been to keep Ten SD (10) as is, then add the new sports channel as One SD (12) and then have made One HD as a showcase of the best programming from both channels. Down the line, when regulation allowed it, they could have had two HD channels, each a mirror of the existing SD ones.

Of course, thinking logically gets you nowhere these days….

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:38:07 +0000

If i get into this topic it will frustrate me be so much. I mean i bought a HD tv to watch my favourites in HD, But unfortunetly, Channel ten decided to step back on technology not go foward.

By: doug

doug — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:55:26 +0000

Simpsons in SD & Paintball in psuedo HD . Strange decisions at TEN.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:02:22 +0000

Hhhmmm……I’ll be in my room…..

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:35:33 +0000

umm get a new HD channel
like channel 13 theres nothing on there….

By: Evil

Evil — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:26:31 +0000

Anyone claiming you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference or that it wouldn’t benefit from being in HD obviously hasn’t seen it in HD.

It does make a very noticeable difference to the clarity and sharpness of the lines and backgrounds. Animation also tends to progress well, so there are less compression artifacts (macroblocking, sparklies etc.) than most of the HD you’ll see on Australian TV.

By: Tepee

Tepee — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:01:13 +0000

Clearly there’s going to be heaps of backlash about yet another example of a show on TEN unavailable in HD on a website dedicated to television rather than sport. But never mind that TEN is the only one of the commercial networks to have a dedicated channel at all.

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:46 +0000

itsross, there is a difference. Try getting The Simpsons movie on Blu-ray and comparing it to even just regular DVD.

By: fizzin

fizzin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:31:47 +0000

I dont care what TEN does, I’ve seen the eps concerned.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:57:47 +0000

What I don’t get is why can’t they have a 2nd HD channel, is it government restrictions? Why can’t each SD channel have a HD simulcast option for the views? Then in an instant FreeView could have up to 20 channels and not 15!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:56:41 +0000

channel 10 is only allowed one hd channel, so it would be impossible to please all viewers. also channel one on hd is important as it can get alot more viewers to switch to digital than regular 10hd.