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HD broadcast review: ‘Escape from Alcatraz’

by Jeff Chabot on July 28, 2009

Kill the lights on this one. This film is dark, dark, dark. I must have seen “Escape from Alcatraz” a hundred times over the years in standard-definition, and each time it seemed the quality got progressively worse. But it is just one of those films that I can’t turn off, even with commercial interruptions. Full Story

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Predator in HD looking half-n-half

by Jeb Stuart on August 23, 2008

TNT ran The Predator in HD the other night and I gotta tell ya I wasn’t impressed. While this is probably not TNT’s fault, nor the fault of my service provider, the movie was realistically about half way to high-definition.

I haven’t seen the Blu-ray version which was released back in April 2008 to compare, so this review is strictly of the HD broadcast. First off, the format looked strange. It looked as if it was stretched horizontally, although at times I was thrown off because the broadcast looked vertically challenged. Full Story

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ABC11 North Carolina goes HD

by Jeffrey Nukom on April 22, 2008

ABC11 out of of North Carolina upgrades to high definition quality. The new set and studio equipment will allow viewers in North Carolina to view newscasts in high definition (HD). Full Story

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Surviving in high-definition

by Jeffrey Nukom on April 15, 2008

The CBS hit show “Survivor” will be shot and broadcast in high-definition next season, that according to an announcement at the National Association of Broadcasters convention on Sunday. The upgrade finally arriving for their 17th season is long overdue. Full Story

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Finding HD channels

by Jeff Chabot on April 14, 2008

hdtvA new website has been launched that will provide you information on what HD channels are available in your zip code. WhereIsHD.com, run by Media Business Corp. out of Lakewood, Colorado, seems to have put their finger on one of the missing elements to this whole evolution of high definition broadcasting. Full Story

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