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Wildgift
05-03-09, 10:05 PM
Did anyone notice that the short Maltin promo for 1080p (it's on "List", under "Top Movies") looks like it was filmed in especially lo-def 480i?

Hee....
braven
05-04-09, 05:45 AM
Yeah I noticed this too. Looks like doo doo.
richlife
05-04-09, 08:39 AM
It looks like someone doesn't know what they're doing. Let's see, would that be DirecTV Marketing?
ATARI
05-04-09, 08:46 AM
Looks more like a transfer from VHS :lol:
mtcbuilder
05-04-09, 10:03 AM
I was expecting that promo to be in 1080p/24 and when it played so poorly I thought my receiver or my projector must not support it. The video looked out of sync or something -- like the pixels were vibrating. Then I tried one of the movies, and it was beautiful. You'd think they'd make the promo better than that, wouldn't you?
Nick
05-04-09, 10:31 AM
I would venture that the D* marketing pukes, who have little or no regard
for the subscribers who pay their salaries, thought no one would notice. :rolleyes:
sweep49
05-06-09, 08:40 AM
Marketing types are notoriously technically ignorant.
paulman182
05-06-09, 09:20 AM
Perhaps they wanted to make the video playable from SD receivers as well.

The Maltin Minutes are all SD also, aren't they? I assume they just used the same production equipment.
ATARI
05-06-09, 01:11 PM
Perhaps they wanted to make the video playable from SD receivers as well.

The Maltin Minutes are all SD also, aren't they? I assume they just used the same production equipment.

So maybe they aren't ignorant, just too lazy to produce an SD and HD version?
paulman182
05-06-09, 01:45 PM
So maybe they aren't ignorant, just too lazy to produce an SD and HD version?

An HD version would be expensive if all the equipment at that production facility is SD.

Maybe they are like me and don't see the need for an HD version?
ATARI
05-06-09, 09:20 PM
An HD version would be expensive if all the equipment at that production facility is SD.

Maybe they are like me and don't see the need for an HD version?

Neither ignorant, nor lazy, just cheap?

Now that's something I can relate to.

Of course, when referring to myself, it's "frugal", not "cheap". ;)
dcowboy7
05-16-09, 04:04 PM
Its in HD now.
sdk009
05-17-09, 09:47 AM
Its in HD now.

Yea but it's 1080i, not in 1080p