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Originally posted by mmost
And how does that make it Warners' "responsibility?" |
Because NBC doesn't have access to the source, and thus cannot possibly "create an HD version of it", as the article states.
NBC cannot, in any way other than upconversion, "create an HD version of"
The West Wing. Thus, the responsibility for doing that will always fall on Warner Brothers, whether there is a contract to supply it to NBC or not.
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They deliver the program as contracted for. If the network wants a different product, there's a different price. If you want a better stereo in your car, you pay for it. Why is this any different? |
Because Warner Brothers already does the post-production for WW in HD, so they already have the HD version there, and it would cost them nothing more to send it to NBC. This is what they have done with all their other NBC shows that they source in HD.
For some reason, though, they are holding up NBC for more money for WW in HD, and the only losers in this are the viewers.