[Goldlexus]

I was not impressed with the over all HD picture quality of Survivor. Very disappointing after all the hype of Survivor being in HD. Only benefit was it was in wide screen. What did you all think?

 

[Ron Barry]

I actually thought the PQ was pretty good but not great. Watched in via my OTA stream. As for the group of people.. Well it is early but I don't like the mix. The picking made no sense to me and the how they decided on booting the first person was a joke and the fact that they considered booting Dan on the next one just goes to show that they don't have a clue how to play the game.

 

[mhendrixsr]

Quality was OK here too... not great (as you say) but a considerable improvement over previous seasons. I watched via OTA too with some occasional audio/video glitches (kinda normal for our local CBS station). As for the cast this season... doesn't seem to be anything of interest there. It may be a l-o-n-g season.

 

[RAD]

To me it appeared to be shot at 24fps, to me that made it look more like it was shot on film then video. It just didn't have the 'POP' that I was expecting, it was OK but not great IMHO.

 

[TomH]

I thought it was amazing. The scenery shots were great. Maybe your station did something to it?

 

[Sirshagg]

It wasn't the best HD picture I've seen but it was pretty darn good.

 

[Goldlexus]

I thought it was amazing. The scenery shots were great. Maybe your station did something to it?

That's what I was wondering. It did look more like a 'film' than video. Still looked nice but not at all what I was expecting.
The red team definitely does not know anything about the game they are really annoying.

 

[waynebtx]

the first person was a joke should have been the old lady first. Didnt like her from the start.

 

[thxultra]

I couldn't believe they kicked Machielle after ow she charged the hill. The old lady was a joke. The whole elephant dung part was pretty funny though. I can't wait to watch more. HD was great. The picture was good. it isn't going to be great with all the cameras they need for the show etc.

 

[Dad61]

I fell asleep watching it in bed on SD but was recording it in living room in HD. Was going to pick up this morning where I left off last night, but LOVED it so much watched whole thing in HD. Sure liked "watching" Michelle. To bad we won't be able to any more.

 

[hyde76]

The sound was not in 5.1 for me. My receiver did not indicate a DD feed.

 

[Sirshagg]

Sure liked "watching" Michelle. To bad we won't be able to any more.

Same here. Really a shame since grandma needed to.

 

[Lee L]

One thing that hurst the apparent PQ is that even though it was not really HD before, Survivor had some of the best PQ of any standard def show I've ever seen. It looked about as good as a non-HD show could. Almost like the center part they showed HD lite or something. I guess with an all digiatal production chain, it helped.

It looked to me like they must have done another surprise start as some people were not wearing what I would consider to be jungle clothes.

Some pretty stupid players this time also, but hopefully they start to get it together. Usually when one tribe dominates, they will start to lose at some point and then the fireworks really start as they never had to pick anyone off.

 

[spartanstew]

Can't comment on the HD as I watched it in SD from my hotel room.

I'm sure I'll watch the whole show, but for the first time, there's not one person I care about.

 

[techdimwit]

I thought it looked pretty good. Heck of a lot better than SD, that's for sure. The scenery is stunning so I'm looking forward to this season.

 

[Sirshagg]

The scenery is stunning so I'm looking forward to this season.

And so are some of the shots of Africa.

 

[kal915]

I was not impressed with the over all HD picture quality of Survivor. Very disappointing after all the hype of Survivor being in HD. Only benefit was it was in wide screen. What did you all think?

yeah
i think that was the only benefit

 

[fluffybear]

It wasn't the best HD picture I've seen but it was pretty darn good.

Come on! The 'censor' blurring looked just fantastic! :lol:

 

[RobertE]

It looked pretty good here on my local CBS. Too bad Michelle got the boot.

 

[braven]

I thought it looked pretty good. Heck of a lot better than SD, that's for sure. The scenery is stunning so I'm looking forward to this season.

What he said. Huge improvement over previous seasons.