I guess he would since he colorized classic MGM movies and b&w episodes of Gilligan's Island
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Would Ted Turner approve of stretch-o-vision?
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Mario500
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Do you mean the process of broadcasting programs that stretched or TV sets displaying movies that appear stretched? Either way, it it best to ask him what he would approve.
As for his support of colorizing movies, according to his book "Call Me Ted", he and his company figured they could create value in black and white movies by colorizing them if they were to be owned by them. After they purchased some movie libraries, the first step in the colorization process of black and white movies was restoring the original film copies before creating separate copies in full color.
According to the book, colorizing older black and white movies helped the company earn more revenue in syndication, since many broadcasters outside the United States had stopped buying black and white programs. The book also mentioned how members of the public responded to the colorization process , how "updating" the movies was attracting folks who would have never seen them in any form, and how theatrical movies had always been shown altered on television prior to the colorization process.
As for his support of colorizing movies, according to his book "Call Me Ted", he and his company figured they could create value in black and white movies by colorizing them if they were to be owned by them. After they purchased some movie libraries, the first step in the colorization process of black and white movies was restoring the original film copies before creating separate copies in full color.
According to the book, colorizing older black and white movies helped the company earn more revenue in syndication, since many broadcasters outside the United States had stopped buying black and white programs. The book also mentioned how members of the public responded to the colorization process , how "updating" the movies was attracting folks who would have never seen them in any form, and how theatrical movies had always been shown altered on television prior to the colorization process.
Episodes of "Fresh Prince of Bel-air" are worth more in stretch-o-vision?
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^That is either an error in the high-definition feed someone at TBS doesn't care to correct or someone there had the idea to make the show appear stretched so more TV viewers could purchase episodes of the show on DVD.
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FreddyE1977
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Who would believe an obese Captain Planet? ???
I would call Stretch-O-Vision High-Definitionized just like the controversial colorization in which Ted Turner tooked part in the 1980s.
It's TBS' call on stretching the older 4:3 shows and movies that way. Does anybody notice that when they air a 4:3 commercial, they have no problem putting up the pillar boxes then? With my TV's QAM tuner, I get both TBS HD and a SD digital simulcast on separate channels. Sometimes, I'll intentionally put an older show on the SD simulcast...and it looks BETTER.
Mario-500 said:
Nope, I can tell you that it's not an error. It's the way the network executives wants it.
TexasTom said:
But a lot of people don't know they difference.
KML-224 said:
Thats cause advertisers told TBS/TNT they didn't want their ads in strech-o-vision.
Anyway, according to wikipedia (info has cites source)
"However, senior vice president of broadcast engineering at TNT, Clyde D. Smith, was against pillarboxing for several reasons. These included possible issues with burn-in caused by pillarboxing on plasma televisions, the inability of some older HDTVs to stretch 4:3 content automatically, the comparison of the stretching systems in HDTVs to funhouse mirrors, and the desire for a more "pleasant" and consistent viewing experience, as all programs would be either aired in true high definition or stretched to 16:9 by the system, describing a transition from a HD program to a 4:3 standard definition program as "jarring" to an average viewer." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch-o-Vision
To me, it looks cheap and unprofessional when TBS does a 4:3 stretch into 16:9. Granted, they aren't the only station which does it...but I see it the most often on their station by far.
As an example, I'll use WTIC-TV (FOX) channel 61 of Hartford. They stretch any old clips and youtube stuff into 16:9, which will look MUCH worse during their 10 pm newscast. Also, WTIC-TV produces the Connecticut Lottery drawings. All of the in-state drawings are in HD, as well as Lucky For Life, which is sold throughout New England, but is drawn here. The bumpers for the drawings all have a voice-over from Peter Drew, announcing "And now...the (name of game) drawing, on FOX Connecticut!" Those bumpers are all in 4:3 SD, yet nobody complains about that (the exception is the one for Lucky For Life, since that game started just this month).
As an example, I'll use WTIC-TV (FOX) channel 61 of Hartford. They stretch any old clips and youtube stuff into 16:9, which will look MUCH worse during their 10 pm newscast. Also, WTIC-TV produces the Connecticut Lottery drawings. All of the in-state drawings are in HD, as well as Lucky For Life, which is sold throughout New England, but is drawn here. The bumpers for the drawings all have a voice-over from Peter Drew, announcing "And now...the (name of game) drawing, on FOX Connecticut!" Those bumpers are all in 4:3 SD, yet nobody complains about that (the exception is the one for Lucky For Life, since that game started just this month).
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FreddyE1977
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I'm sure the most vehement objections come from Katey Sagal and Leah Remini when
they see what it does to their a*s (can their agents send a Cease and Desist Letter??)
they see what it does to their a*s (can their agents send a Cease and Desist Letter??)
No, Uncle Phil really is that fat.Mario-500 said:
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