ER in HD on NBC ??

[Todd Wiedemann]

Noticed over on AVS that ER *potentially* is going to be in HD.

Sean, can you confirm this locally ??

It sure would be great news if that was the case !

[Todd Wiedemann]

Well, for anyone interested, here's the link from AVS. I know I'll be watching.

ER in HD !! (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174045&perpage=10&pagenumber=4)

[Greg Oman]

Ummmm, yes, ditto here!! Boy, I hope it's true for us.

Greg O.

[Joseph S]

"Without a Trace," just vanished from my radar screen. http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

Imagine the difficult choices that would have to be made if the other affiliates joined the club.

[This message has been edited by Joseph S (edited 09-26-2002).]

[Tom Weeden]

Originally posted by Todd Wiedemann:
Noticed over on AVS that ER *potentially* is going to be in HD.

Sean, can you confirm this locally ??

It sure would be great news if that was the case !


WMTV got the heads-up from NBC about 2:20 Thursday afternoon. I made sure our master control operator knew about it!

[oflaherty]

Master Control in Milwaukee is ready for ER in HD too..
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Sean at TMJ

[Joseph S]

Runway clear. http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

It's in HD!!!!!!!

[borghe]

hooray!!! Alas Without A Trace just lost me... sorry Jim Hall, you can't win them all.. http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/smile.gif

[Joseph S]

Looked pretty good. A few brief audio dropouts right after the first commercial break, but that was it.

Major issue: The "Pop Secret" Ad clearly stated that it was formatted to fit my TV when it was not. It had these annoying "black bars" on the sides and they were not able to be removed. Why didn't the popcorn fill my screen? http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/wink.gif

Thanks Sean for helping us out.

[Greg Oman]

Overall, very well done. My wife was VERY impressed. Next week, we'll have to invite my sister over.

Definately cool!

Greg O.

[oflaherty]

I checked the station log for the “Pop Secret” commercial.. it was not listed.. so it was probably a national “spot” form NBC. I haven’t seen NBC run any HD commercials yet, so I’m not sure what was going on, or how the Pop Secret commercial was going to fill the screen.

Master Control was not aware of any audio dropouts after the first break in ER.. but they only monitor the analog audio off air. Listening to the digital channel off air would drive them crazy because of the delay in compressing and decompressing the digital signal.
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Sean at TMJ

[Joseph S]

I haven’t seen NBC run any HD commercials yet, so I’m not sure what was going on, or how the Pop Secret commercial was going to fill the screen.

The ad features a bag of microwave popcorn in the microwave. As it pops, the sides of the bag reveal text stating something along the lines of "This bag of popcorn has been formatted to fit your TV screen." It pops up and eventually popcorn covers the 4x3. Just kind of odd they didn't run the 16x9 edition for HD. http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/wink.gif