Just because you stretch out a show originally shot in 4:3 aspect ratio does not make it HD. In fact, it looks like crap. Shows like Seinfeld that were shot on film you can get away with it. But for the rest, please stop. It really looks bad.
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Are they also cropping the top and bottom of a 4:3 show to make it appear widescreen? I don't know if that practice is better or worse than stretching out a 4:3 show to fit into widescreen.
I gave up on TBS a long time ago when they and TNT started that awful practice of pop-up banner ads that infects every channel I watch these days.
I gave up on TBS a long time ago when they and TNT started that awful practice of pop-up banner ads that infects every channel I watch these days.
Is Peach tree TV still a TBS with a different name or have they now gone in their own direction?
I used to have TBS Atlanta as the only choice for a TBS station on cable here in Canada, but then Peach Tree TV came to be...
I used to have TBS Atlanta as the only choice for a TBS station on cable here in Canada, but then Peach Tree TV came to be...
Peach Tree TV is something different. Just syndicated content as far as I know.
Yeziknoradio said:
Peachtree TV (WPCH Atlanta) is an independent station which is essentially WTBS Atlanta after Time Warner chose to stop simulcasting TBS on the station and it was made a fully local channel. At this point, it has no more to do with TBS than any other station does (aside from the formerly shared history).
Interesting that it is WPCH which is fed to Canadian cable systems and not the ubiquotus TBS. Then again, there may be carriage issues for US cable networks that don't exist for individual TV stations.
BRNout said:
Carriage issues was indeed the reason Canadians see WPCH and not TBS -- the cable and satellite companies felt it was much better to just let it go and show the new (old) channel, rather than to go into negotiations with the CRTC to carry TBS -- the cable channel.
MarcB said:
I wonder if many people turned him off to punish him for "interrupting" their programming.
azumanga said:
I think the reason the ratings sank on that show was because of the horrible time slot it got this season. Saturday Nights at 9PM Eastern. No one is home on Saturday Nights and those who are are watching America's Most Wanted at 9PM Eastern. Plus it followed a movie. So if the movie sucked, that would probably mean less people watching the show.
WPCH and TBS only simulcast "Friends" (I assume it is contractual from the simulcast days...but does anyone know the reason why?). Other then that...totally seperate programming. WPCH does also air informercials overnight...TBS and TNT still do not.
I suspected the reason for the split was so that Channel 17 could be sold off, since WPCH is Time Warner's only FCC licensed broadcast station. This was before the economic downturn and when the sports teams were being sold off.
I suspected the reason for the split was so that Channel 17 could be sold off, since WPCH is Time Warner's only FCC licensed broadcast station. This was before the economic downturn and when the sports teams were being sold off.
I stopped watching TBS for a time after they started that pausing the main program crap. I only recently started back when I replaced my DirecTV PVR and it started recording Home Improvement, Seinfeld and Fresh Prince when I reprogrammed the wish lists. However, I'm about to start deleting shows without watching them from TBS if they don't wise up and keep the shows in their native formats. What they don't understand is that when you stretch it out like that, you reduce the resolution even further. And on a 50" plasma TV it REALLY looks awful.
People not knowing what they are doing making the decisions. I'm sure the engineers at TBS do not agree with this, but they higher ups say so. TBS is the only broadcaster that does this. HD feeds of other channels like Lifetime, FX and Nick at Nite do not stretch the video. TBS needs to stick to broadcasting and stop trying to be fancy and "different".
People not knowing what they are doing making the decisions. I'm sure the engineers at TBS do not agree with this, but they higher ups say so. TBS is the only broadcaster that does this. HD feeds of other channels like Lifetime, FX and Nick at Nite do not stretch the video. TBS needs to stick to broadcasting and stop trying to be fancy and "different".
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