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04-09-2009, 11:58 AM
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Not too sure if this is the correct place for such a post, but here goes anyway.
I have had Sky HD since early 2008, and have never seen any of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy on the HD film channels.
Have they ever been shown? If so, is there any reason why they are not shown more regularly?
They are my favourite films and would really like to see them in HD
The DVDs that I have, although upscaled don't look bad, I would much rather see them in native HD. Also for some reason the 5.1 sound doesn't come out very well on the DVD, speech is too faint.
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04-09-2009, 12:03 PM
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Return of the Kings was shown back in 2006 when HD first started but not sure if they have shown it again since.
If you have a Blu-Ray player or PS3 the theatrical LOTR Trilogy is out in November.
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04-09-2009, 12:59 PM
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This should probably be in the HD TV Programmes forum but hey its here now. I was wondering something similar about Batman Begins, has that ever been broadcast in HD? I thought we might have got it just before the Dark Knight...
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04-09-2009, 3:47 PM
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Not that I'm aware of....actually nearly certain.
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04-09-2009, 3:54 PM
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It was probably one of the Warner titles that SKY couldn't get the rights for in the early days of SKY HD, it took about a year before they finally signed a full HD deal with Warner.
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05-09-2009, 10:36 AM
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I think i recall Channel 4 HD showing the LOTR trilogy about a yr & a half ago, albeit with ads
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05-09-2009, 1:17 PM
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Originally Posted by PaddyS  I think i recall Channel 4 HD showing the LOTR trilogy about a yr & a half ago, albeit with ads | Yes C4 defiantly showed them all in HD a while back. What I am waiting for is the extended edition in HD, but, prob be a long wait with the release of the theatrical version 1st. Not willing to keep buying the same thing anymore.
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06-09-2009, 12:37 PM
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getting released on BR very soon maybe its a clasue
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06-09-2009, 1:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt47 Yes C4 defiantly showed them all in HD a while back. What I am waiting for is the extended edition in HD, but, prob be a long wait with the release of the theatrical version 1st. Not willing to keep buying the same thing anymore. | I still have these on my sky box and im pretty sure these were only upscaled and not in HD.
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07-09-2009, 7:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ISEEDUMBPEOPLE I still have these on my sky box and im pretty sure these were only upscaled and not in HD. | Funny you should say that. I was just thinking while reading this that I read somewhere a few months ago that Peter Jackson was working on the Blu-ray release of the LOTR trilogy. This tells me that the movies are being re-mastered or something for hd release.
Therefore, surly any hd broadcast of these films prior to that release must be up scaled versions.
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07-09-2009, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonny1973 Return of the Kings was shown back in 2006 when HD first started but not sure if they have shown it again since.
If you have a Blu-Ray player or PS3 the theatrical LOTR Trilogy is out in November. | yeh - the Sky showing is my oldest recording on the Sky HD box | |
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07-09-2009, 1:09 PM
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Originally Posted by steve.r Funny you should say that. I was just thinking while reading this that I read somewhere a few months ago that Peter Jackson was working on the Blu-ray release of the LOTR trilogy. This tells me that the movies are being re-mastered or something for hd release.
Therefore, surly any hd broadcast of these films prior to that release must be up scaled versions.
Or have I got it totally wrong. | I remember reading somewhere that they were going to release the blu-rays earlier, but PJ wasn't at all impressed at how some of the CGI stood up in HD. Hence the remastering, etc.
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07-09-2009, 2:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ISEEDUMBPEOPLE I still have these on my sky box and im pretty sure these were only upscaled and not in HD. |
I knew there must have been a reason I didn't watch them when CH4HD showed 'em
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07-09-2009, 2:55 PM
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Therefore, surly any hd broadcast of these films prior to that release must be up scaled versions.
Or have I got it totally wrong. |
No it's very very simple and comparatively cheap to take a 35/70mm master of a movie and scan it into a computer and produced a HD master for broadcasting.
Alas a lot of catalogue Blu titles are done this way and we get so-so Blu-ray releases so it's always great news to hear about a studio or director remastering and restoring a movie prior to a HD release or re-release.
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