The Wire - FXHD, now Anytime - What are they thinking !

[HDCriticalFan]

I admit that I am late to this party, but following the recent publicity I started to watch The Wire on BBC2.

I noted that it was being shown on FXHD (albeit upscaled - it wasn't made in HD).

So I had to balance up the pros of the two broadcast offerings :

FXHD
- good upscaled PQ (with correct 4:3 "pillarboxing")

BBC
- no adverts
- no DOG
- three per week


Whilst I usually place a high emphasis on the quality (so FX wins) there is no getting away from the fact that I prefer three fixes per week. But the clincher for me was the "ad-free DOG-free" BBC presentation.

Then I see that FXHD have put the season one finale on Anytime.

What are they thinking ?

This has recently aired on BBC (ad-free and DOG-free) so the only attraction would be the PQ. But, and I just don't understand this, they have decided to put it on Anytime without the correct 4:3 pillarbox presentation.

On my TV the only way I can watch this is to switch to the scart input (which allows aspect ratio switching). This immediately loses the one advantage it would have had !


Nice one guys !





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