143 replies to this topic

[cartman]

Burger, on Apr 11 2009, 5:03pm, said:

Sky's coverage of Yankini the escaped gorilla was quite amusing, I thought.

Great package!

[TimC]

Sky's in studio picture quality is fantastic at the moment. The new cameras must be in.

[phileasmann]

Tune into ch. 601 & 602 boys, and get a good laugh! Sky News has 16:9 graphics squashed to 4:3, and Business 602 has 16:9 graphics extended, but the text and video output is still 4:3! Get a glimpse of the screw-up while you can!

(Kudos to Jeffmister via Twitter for the heads-up)

[TimC]

APAC also has a WS ticker while it's footage is 4:3

the PQ on sky is sooo much better.

[Kevin]

Everything should be switched over and fully completed by 6:00am (EST) tomorrow morning I believe. This has been a long time coming

Jeffmister needs to relax a little, this has not been all for nothing... it should be all good tomorrow. Things take time.

[Jeffmister]

Kevin, on May 17 2009, 3:24pm, said:

Jeffmister needs to relax a little, this has not been all for nothing... it should be all good tomorrow. Things take time.

Kevin - firstly, thanks for the advice though I'm generally a relaxed person! Secondly it was Sunday & I was really busy (compared to a normal Sunday), so I wasn't relaxed.

What I meant actually by my comment on Twitter & a number of forums is that a channel should switch to 16:9 when both graphics & vision are in 16:9 - I never said all of this wasn't for nothing.

[Kevin]

Jeffmister, on May 17 2009, 4:32am, said:

What I meant actually by my comment on Twitter & a number of forums is that a channel should switch to 16:9 when both graphics & vision are in 16:9 - I never said all of this wasn't for nothing.

Remember that it's FOXTEL who are the ones who changed the channel options to allow widescreen to be selected on the STBs.

Changing from 4:3 to 16:9 isn't an easy process and there are bound to be lots of small issues for the short term future. They'll fix them though and soon 4:3 will be a distant memory.

Consider yourselves lucky anyway, despite popular belief, most news over here is still 4:3 - only studio shots, graphics and some reports are 16:9 but most of it is still 4:3 with side bars.

[msheldrick]

Sky News has fully switched over to Widescreen and have also got new weather graphics... ABC World News is also Widescreen aswell!

[The Observer]

msheldrick, on May 18 2009, 11:07am, said:

Sky News has fully switched over to Widescreen and have also got new weather graphics... ABC World News is also Widescreen aswell!

CBS News is WS as well, and CBS News relaunches tomorrow our time - caps here if you're interested - http://www.knowfirst...ead.php?t=28614

[Kevin]

msheldrick, on May 17 2009, 9:07pm, said:

Sky News has fully switched over to Widescreen and have also got new weather graphics...

The new weather graphics are very impressive

I'm glad to see Sky News finally in widescreen. That ticker is a bit ordinary but it's not the end of the world.

[dude]

Jeffmister, on May 17 2009, 4:32pm, said:

Kevin - firstly, thanks for the advice though I'm generally a relaxed person! Secondly it was Sunday & I was really busy (compared to a normal Sunday), so I wasn't relaxed.

As Sandman says: "I'm relaxed, because I'm a qualified cricket umpire."

Kevin, on May 17 2009, 9:35pm, said:

Consider yourselves lucky anyway, despite popular belief, most news over here is still 4:3 - only studio shots, graphics and some reports are 16:9 but most of it is still 4:3 with side bars.

Ouch, that must suck and blow.

Kevin, on May 18 2009, 10:59am, said:

I'm glad to see Sky News finally in widescreen. That ticker is a bit ordinary but it's not the end of the world.

Some reports are still 4:3 (?), and they should move the weather to the far left and the time to the far right (and both raised a few pixels), assuming no further and immediate change overall.

Good stuff, Sky, but where are the CCs?

Edited by dude, 18 May 2009 - 09:38 PM.

[The Observer]

will have ABC World News and CBS News openers on here later on today, also uploading some widescreen SKY stuff from yesterday at present, including "When Vision Switching Goes Wrong" - files will be uploaded shortly

[The Observer]

Sky News AU - 6am Opener in WS

[The Observer]

SKY News AU - When Vision Switching Goes Bad

SKY News AU - Countdown in WS

[Smacca]

The Observer, on May 19 2009, 10:02am, said:

SKY News AU - When Vision Switching Goes Bad

That paints a good picture for SNA.

[trisreed]

Sky switched just in time for the new Evening News.
Nicely capped, but can't say the same for the actual quality of the service

[The Observer]

Smacca, on May 19 2009, 6:11pm, said:

Fantastic caps, Mark - we need more people like you!!

CBS News looks great. I'm glad we can watch it in its entirety in Australia too.

thanks Sean, I'll be here for the long haul

[dude]

dude, on May 18 2009, 2:56pm, said:

Good stuff, Sky, but where are the CCs?

Email from the boss at Sky News Australia saying closed captions will be introduced in the next six months

[msheldrick]

Sky News has changed the ticker to be 16:9 Safe...at lease you can fit more than 3 words in now.