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Zank
Posted at 13/05/2008, 20:02
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no it was not hdtv. it would need to be 16:9 (which it was not) and at least 1280 x 720p true rez in usa. neither of which that episode was from start to finish. let me guess we can take a 32 x 32 pixel gif animation and upsample it into hdtv space and call it hdtv because we stretched it to 16:9 1280 x 720 so it must be real hdtv. get real lol |
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jimbo69jones
Posted at 13/05/2008, 20:17
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it never claimed to be a hdtv release, but sourced from one, as far as i am aware.
your an obahma man i take it  |
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jimbo69jones
Posted at 13/05/2008, 20:22
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absolutely not. that would be like taking an over the hill, out of work, talentless actor and making him president. oh, hang on... you already did that. (won't even comment on george w. not worth the effort) |
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FrackinAussie
Posted at 13/05/2008, 20:56
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i stand corrected. i thought the capper was being blamed for the mistake in the original broadcasting, and thus being called upon to nuke. i for one would be the first to raise my hand about not knowing anything about how 'the scene' works or any of the myriad rules. just thankful for all the guys and gals who put in the effort. i do have some background in signal processing however, and understand why it is scientifically impossible to create what we usually expect from a 350mb rip downsampled from a (usually) hdtv signal. (unless there's a capping group out there who's managed to break shannon's law) |
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StarScream
Posted at 13/05/2008, 21:03
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as far as i understand this is correct. while the "frame" was hd (the physical size of the broadcast was in the correct ratio and the correct size) the actual view port (or image) wasn't. this doesn't mean that it wasn't hd. the way i would see that would mean it is still hd; but just with black bars around it. it is like when showtime airs an older movie on the hd channel. it is still hd, however it will have black bars on the sides to fill the 16:9. i dunno, i don't claim to be an expert; and i'm really happy for the new 720p release (heading over to grab it), but that's just the way i see it. |
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fuffer
Posted at 14/05/2008, 03:34
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ah, yet another fellow who gets so agitated about nothing. no-one's claiming to be part of the scene here. yet the shows we download are coming from those guys and it's some scene ruleset that determines whether a release will be called proper or not. we here can't change that, that's why it's still important for us to exchange information about the releases and whether they have quality problems or not, etc... believe it or not, but some people here not only watch the tv rips, but are also archiving them for the years to come. naturally those people want the best quality release they can get, because there's no guarantee those will still be available in a few years. so if you please have us have our chat about the releases, mkay? |
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strom
Posted at 14/05/2008, 06:53
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whatever it is i just have to say british cappers are the dog's bollocks. for a 350mb cut, it's over the top! awesome job bia. |
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Mike.
Posted at 14/05/2008, 08:25
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this version looks a lot better, especially in full screen, even in the section where both are supposed to be hdtv. and it's not just bsg, all shows look better on skyone than scifi. even if it will be a few days late "they" should consider changing their source (thanks for the proper btw). comparison: http://i25.tinypic.com/fbc74n.jpg  crappy scifi. |
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fuffer
Posted at 14/05/2008, 11:12
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great, count me in on the people who rather wait 2-3 days and get a skyone cap. hope to see more uk captures here. |
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madboobs
Posted at 14/05/2008, 12:20
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why wait 4 3 days... this is the first time that i know of that the rip wasn\'t good or what everrr thanx for the cap and the upload keep up the good work :d |
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FrackinAussie
Posted at 14/05/2008, 15:02
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buy the dvd/blu-ray boxsets when they come out. these also ensure that the shows keep getting produced. a lot of people who download shows also buy boxsets when they become available. burnt stuff won't last for years to come, i haven't been impressed with the data retention of home burnt discs. |
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TrAbB
Posted at 14/05/2008, 17:45
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at the end of the day, i really couldn't give a damn who gets a show capped and out to the masses first or in a slightly higher resolution... and imho what other people think what's "l33t" and not, doesn't bloody matter. |
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TheKJB
Posted at 15/05/2008, 16:51
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i can't believe everyone's arguing about this like it's the first time it has ever happened. i've been watching shows in hd for a few years now and i can tell you that screwups like this are extremely common. especially during sporting events and network programs that have just come out of a local break or are getting ready to go into the local news. switching from sd to hd is something that has yet to be perfected on an automatic basis and the board engineers who do it manually pay a minimal amount of attention, usually looking at the sd monitor to check for transmission issues (like being off the air). it'll get better as we get closer to the mandatory switch over date but until then, get used to seeing it happen from time to time. |
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Metron
Posted at 15/05/2008, 22:29
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eh... sorry, but: get a life. i am glad that i got the episode at all; being in the planet\'s asshole, i would only watch it much later, when the pirate dvds are released, if it wasn\'t for this site. (yeah, i can\'t even get legal dvds here.) and no way i\'m ungrateful enough to complain about a scan that, 1, was quite well done under the circumstances, and 2, was clearly marked as internal and had the problem clearly stated, just because the network screwed up the original airing. scanners are really cool people in my book and i owe them a lot. but wtf is up with all the slamming one another? who seriously gives half a frak who scans something first? |
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ontheteam
Posted at 17/05/2008, 00:03
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just a comment on source quality... i particularly like the releases that use skyone as their source. no chopped transitions or cut scenes. i haven't really paid much attention to who releases what, but are there specific groups that record from skyone or is it pretty much random? how do we get more skyone-sourced releases? |
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