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SNL 12/17/05

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rbkb

Discussion Starter · Dec 18, 2005

Did the live SNL HD broadcast tonight have some issues with the center channel in 5.1? In St. Louis, we could not hear any of the actors, but we could hear the audience. Our SD feed had all the sound however. Was this a national feed issue, or did our local NBC affiliate screw something up with the 5.1, as usual.

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bgall

· #2 · Dec 18, 2005

I didn't think SNL used 5.1

Well my station isn't equipped for 5.1 either way so UI couldn't help you, I had no sound problems.

Oh and the Date is 12/17. It's December, not October

hphase

· #3 · Dec 18, 2005

I noticed lip sync was off on SNL tonight. (Watched it to see Neil Young.) A bit of a pain, but not worth calling to complain. Then, lo and behold, at 12:55 (during Neil's second number) the audio takes a hit, and boom! Perfect lip sync!

Did they really try to fix it with 5 minutes left in the show? Did anyone else notice, or was it just an NYC thing?

hphase

· #4 · Dec 18, 2005

Probably a local issue in St. Louis. And yes, SNL is 5.1. It has been HD and 5,1 all season.

Ken H

· #5 · Dec 18, 2005

Topics merged.

hphase

· #6 · Dec 18, 2005

Thanks, but was DTW in lip sync?

Ken H

· #7 · Dec 18, 2005

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Originally Posted by hphase
Thanks, but was DTW in lip sync?

Yes, audio was in sync, but unfortunately our NBC affiliate has encoder issues, and at this time converts all programming to 2.0.

scott_bernstein

· #8 · Dec 19, 2005

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Originally Posted by rbkb
Did the live SNL HD broadcast tonight have some issues with the center channel in 5.1? In St. Louis, we could not hear any of the actors, but we could hear the audience. Our SD feed had all the sound however. Was this a national feed issue, or did our local NBC affiliate screw something up with the 5.1, as usual.

No problems here -- I heard full 5.1 cleanly, including the center channel, and had no lip-synch issues at all here on TWC-NYC.

Scott

hphase

· #9 · Dec 19, 2005

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Originally Posted by scott_bernstein
No problems here -- I heard full 5.1 cleanly, including the center channel, and had no lip-synch issues at all here on TWC-NYC.

Scott

Did you hang around for the last 5 mins of the show? You should have seen/heard the same glitch that I heard. Audio was not several frames late for you?

flint350

· #10 · Dec 19, 2005

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Originally Posted by hphase
Did you hang around for the last 5 mins of the show? You should have seen/heard the same glitch that I heard. Audio was not several frames late for you?

Who in their right mind has the patience to hang around for the last 5 minutes of SNL anymore? I started watching it when it first came on TV and now I am lucky if I have the patience to get past the FIRST 5 minutes. The intros are about all that's remotely humorous anymore.

Ray

scowl

· #11 · Dec 19, 2005

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Originally Posted by flint350
Who in their right mind has the patience to hang around for the last 5 minutes of SNL anymore?

If you DVR it, it's easy to skip to the next sketch when it's clear the one you're watching is going down the drain. Many classic SNL sketches debuted in the "five to one" part of the show ("Wayne's World" is one example).

mde71

· #12 · Dec 20, 2005

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Originally Posted by flint350
Who in their right mind has the patience to hang around for the last 5 minutes of SNL anymore? I started watching it when it first came on TV and now I am lucky if I have the patience to get past the FIRST 5 minutes. The intros are about all that's remotely humorous anymore.

Ray

I would tend to agree with you on this, but last Saturday's episode with Jack Black hosting was really strong. The funniest SNL I've seen in a long while. That Spelling Bee skit had me ROTFLMAO, and the Tenacious D ending was just icing on the cake.

Da Truth

· #13 · Dec 22, 2005

Gold http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

bphisig

· #14 · Dec 22, 2005

That Chronicles of Narnia rap was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. I can't stop laughing at it. Priceless.

Invidious_D

· #15 · Dec 22, 2005

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Originally Posted by bphisig
That Chronicles of Narnia rap was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. I can't stop laughing at it. Priceless.

+1

turls

· #16 · Dec 22, 2005

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Originally Posted by hphase
Probably a local issue in St. Louis. And yes, SNL is 5.1. It has been HD and 5,1 all season.

Of course it was a local issue. And these clowns think they are ready to do local news in a couple of months? Maybe that will make them get their act in gear.

JuiceRocket

· #17 · Dec 22, 2005

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Originally Posted by Da Truth
Gold http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

LOVE this skit. Anyone got a vid I can download?

-JR

oleus

· #18 · Dec 23, 2005

the Narnia rap was classic, and the spelling bee skit was funny.

unfortunately the rest of the show was pretty dreary, as it has been for a few seasons now.

i think they really need to do what they did in 1983/1984 - get an entirely new cast and start from scratch.

Michael Whan

· #19 · Dec 23, 2005

I had the lip sync problem watching the NY national feed on DirecTV. My wife even asked me if Neil was lip syncing.

silverstar

· #20 · Dec 23, 2005

Does anyone know why KING in Seattle STILL isn't broadcasting SNL in HD???

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