Comments on: “Survivors ready? GO!”

By: carla ralls

carla ralls — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:20:09 +0000

Wts the deal with GO! ? they have no web site to give feed back……..it suposed to be a channel for younger ppl but they keep putting on crappy re runs of shows that are up to over 20 yrs old!! WTF. wen it first came on it repeated the new programs that where on at nite during the day, wat happened to that!! The good shows are good the old shows are crap, why do you think the other stations only play them in the off seasons!!! Wake up GO! I f ur doing re runs make it of the the good young shows please!!!!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:42:32 +0000

I hope GO shows all the eps in each season showed and maybe introduces some other sci-fi shows like Bab 5, BSG. STTNG, DS9 .voyager etc.
What usually makes me hate comercial tv is the constant timeslot changes for shows and ending eps mid saeson to show it 6 months later or never again. I hope with these new channels coming on baord that will cease.

By: mac

mac — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:25:11 +0000

sorry paull i miss understood you, i am also baffled that sd chnnels in the usa are only 4:3.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:52:59 +0000

Again GO! is SD. 9HD simulcasts Nine.

By: Paull

Paull — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:48:24 +0000

@mac: ofcourse I know that, but as previously stated, the owners (sony) went back to the original film it was filmed on (as opposed to tape) in order to allow it to have HD quality.
“As Seinfeld was shot on 35 mm film, natively a 4:3 format, Sony Pictures had to crop out top and bottom parts of the frame, while restoring previously cropped images on the sides, in order to conform to the 16:9 aspect ratio of high-definition television.”

Also, I don’t know if this info is correct, but apparently GO will simucast it in HD on GO (well this is according to the wikipedia site, it could be a hoax edit though)

By: Paull

Paull — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:44:22 +0000

@vid: 100% agree with you. Seinfeld has already been cropped by its owners, Sony, and they’ve done a pretty good job (from what I could tell when I was watching Seinfeld HD on 9 HD). They also have the rights to the original 4:3 episodes too, so there’s equal possibility that they could show the HD eps (downscaled to SD ofcourse) or the SD eps that are already in 4:3.
On a side note, I wouldn’t mind it if networks such as 7 aired 4:3 shows in 14:9 (a good compromise b/w 16:9 and 4:3)

By: David Knox

David Knox — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:02:09 +0000

Hasn’t been mentioned yet.

By: tasmanian devil

tasmanian devil — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:54:46 +0000

Is Pushing Daisies going to be on GO!? Wikipedia said so but it’s been edited out now.

By: vid

vid — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:50:52 +0000

@ paul
how do u know ch9 is cropping seinfeld to 16:9??
i can tell u now…they are not!

By: mac

mac — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:05:28 +0000

@timmy although many networks crop 4:3 shows for proms(111hits, fox8) it’s most likely the actually eps of seinfeld will be cropped(not stretched) as they where when airing on nines main channel recently. in my opinion it’s better to show 4:3 programmes in their original ratio as the cropping technique nine uses cuts of a bit off the top and bottom of the picture. @paull, not sure if you where referring to seinfeld or not but it aired from 1989-1997 before ws became widespread.

By: Paull

Paull — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:47:39 +0000

@timmy: The preview showed them in 16:9. Although seeing as we’re not getting them in HD anymore, I wonder if it’s really worth airing the 16:9 version.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:23:03 +0000

@timmy I noticed that ‘stretched’ also.

Anyone know if all the Seinfeld eps on GO! will be 16:9?

By: Neon Kitten

Neon Kitten — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:58 +0000

Timmy, the last two seasons of Survivor were shot in 16:9 HD. Australia will get the 16:9 part.

By: Alty

Alty — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:22:21 +0000

Is the promo clip on YouTube not the lamest thing ever?

Good to Kick Ass, Good to flirt, Good to be bad? GO?

By: timmy

timmy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:16:30 +0000

@Paull the promo that shows Survivor in WS also shows The Bachelor/Bachelorette in stretched format… presumably these shows are in 4:3 and were just stretched for the promo to make the promo cohesive.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:50:52 +0000

@Reubot He could be watching ABC2 on satellite or pay-TV in Western Australia where ABC2 isn’t delayed to the WA timezone, so if a show airs at 8.30pm on the east coast it is shown at 6.30pm in WA