Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in HDTV! - Page 50

Hello ,

In france we have an excellent HDTV in 1920X1080i 50 Hz PAL.
I also like chane SYFY HD and 13th HD Street Universal Group .
The Kuro is still one of the best screens at the current time.

SECAM was used on the analogue Herzien .
Digital on the TNT or the Sat is the PAL.

Output source TCM HD Fr flow is 15 Mb/S .

Urga, how about it? To what extent does the Pioneer tv make the difference? What about other people and their television sets? Is HD generally THAT good in France? If so, do you know why that is true? What kind of an explanation can you provide?

I have a Pioneer Kuro 6020 and the US version of TCM HD looks sorry anyway. It's not the display that makes the difference between the French and US TCM HD feeds, it is attributable to the high quality of the French transmission, which we don't get in the US.

Almost every country other than the US uses MPEG-4 rather than MPEG-2.... resulting in better PQ at lower bitrates.

Missed it the first time around, but I agree. There's better color accuracy on the BD capture.

Hello ,
Quality of the film " The Bridge on the River Kwai ".






I have the Blu Ray and the quality of the image is a little more higher than the image of the HDTV .

SECAM, like PAL and NTSC, are analog techniques for encoding color information into a standard-definition black-and-white signal. They are compromises, and all produce artifacts.
Although we sometimes (incorrectly) use these terms to identify HDTV standards in different parts of the world, they are not used in any HDTV transmissions.
Yes, SECAM is now a footnote in television history.

It's just too bad that TCM-HD shows no HD in the US.........

Yep, Here's the money quote from the piece directed to by the link: I suggest that virtually no one who has being paying attention would argue that TCM HD's "HD" transmissions are real HD.

It's just sloppy reporting. A quick call to TCM for comment was in order, even if the comment was "no comment". The article is just a summary of a forum discussion, rather than a value-add analysis or additional information.

^Well, that's Swanni in a nutshell.

You're definitely right about the nut part...

From the "Hot Off The Press" Thread (top of 'HDTV Programming' page).

TV Notes
TCM To Air Ernest Borgnine Marathon
By the Deadline.com Team - Jul. 9, 2012

Turner Classic Movies has set a 24-hour marathon of movies starring Ernest Borgnine, who died Sunday at age 95. On July 26, the cable channel will devote its programming to 10 films starring Borgnine, including a couple of replays of its hourlong 2009 Private Screenings interview with channel host Robert Osborne.

Here’s the schedule:

6 AM ET, The Catered Affair (1956);
8 AM, The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968),
10:30 AM, Pay Or Die (1960);
12:30 PM, Torpedo Run (1958);
2:30 PM, Ice Station Zebra (1968);
5:15 PM, The Dirty Dozen (1967);
8 PM, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009);
9 PM, Marty (1955);
10:45 PM, From Here To Eternity (1953);
1 AM, The Wild Bunch (1969);
3:30 AM, Bad Day At Black Rock (1955);
5 AM, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009).

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/turner-classic-movies-ernest-borgnine-marathon-schedule/

Has the U.S. TCM -HD ever broadcast non-upconverted film?

Everything broadcast on TCM HD is an upconvert.

It still looks tons better than the bit-starved SD version that was on DirecTV up until today.

+1, definitely an improvement - yet not proper HD...

 

I don't know if that's really saying all that much. Some of my VHS tapes look better on my 50", hi-rez display than Direct's SD.

 

That's how bad it is.

I think the point still stands - this is still miles better.

A good dual layer, anamorphic DVD created from an HD master still looks better upconverted than the single layer, non-anamorphic stuff that started the format.

While I'd rather have it be the best it can possibly be, I'll still take this over what I previously had. I actually avoided the channel for quite a while unless there was something I absolutely had no way of seeing anywhere else.

Hello ,

In November on TCM HD:


http://tcmcinema.fr/films/fiche/lawrence-of-arabia-1962_4455/

Lawrence d’Arabie restored version HD occasion of the 50th anniversary .
(Trailers) .

Oh, don't rub it in.

The Blu-ray comes out 11/13.

And I might be first in line!

Edit: But then again, I just looked and it's $67, I think I'll wait for another edition that isn't the 50th Anniversary Special Edition....

I'm sure it won't be $67 when it actually comes out, though I'll also be waiting for a "non-special" edition that rings in the mid to low 20's....

I already have two DVD versions - I don't need a big box version of it onBlu-ray.

Yeah, me too. I'll get the one disc version, which will inevitably be made available for a reasonable price, probably less than $25. The $67 price for the 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition strikes me as so excessive I won't even consider it. The Bridge on The River Kwai is certainly a great film, though, so maybe they will make some sales of the Collector's Edition but not to me.

Hello ,
Soon (long version) remastered HD " Major Dundee " :



Casting :
Charlton Heston
Richard Harris
De : Sam Peckinpah

Titre original : Major Dundee
Année : 1965
Couleur - VM 16/9 HD
Durée : 131 minutes

Tape announcements here :

http://tcmcinema.fr/films/fiche/major-dundee-1965_4697/

In November on TCM HD :

http://tcmcinema.fr/2012/09/06/tout-david-lean/