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15-08-2008, 1:47 PM
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Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
Surprised no-one's flagged this one up yet. I know it's a bloody stupid film but it should look amazing !
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15-08-2008, 3:44 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
I'm waiting to see if they show it in the correct aspect ratio - when it was on Sky the opening credits were in 2.35:1 and then as soon as the film proper started they cut it to 1.85:1
I haven't seen this film for years and have been waiting for it to appear correctly on HD so here's hoping 
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15-08-2008, 4:04 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
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I'm waiting to see if they show it in the correct aspect ratio - when it was on Sky the opening credits were in 2.35:1 and then as soon as the film proper started they cut it to 1.85:1
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It would have been the supplied master not SKY.
The credits would be left untouched (legal issues for the studio) but once the movie started it was either decided to cripple a HD master to improve a potential Blu-ray release (where is it??) or it was just policy at the time to not offer OAR.
For years while watching movies on TV as a kid I always wondered why people were so tall during credit sequences thanks to widescreen being squeezed into a 4:3 frame broadcast.
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15-08-2008, 4:51 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
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It would have been the supplied master not SKY.
The credits would be left untouched (legal issues for the studio) but once the movie started it was either decided to cripple a HD master to improve a potential Blu-ray release (where is it??) or it was just policy at the time to not offer OAR.
For years while watching movies on TV as a kid I always wondered why people were so tall during credit sequences thanks to widescreen being squeezed into a 4:3 frame broadcast.
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Yep, I should have noted that it wasn't Sky's fault but rather the master they were given. If I'm being honest, I assume that the BBC will have the same version and so the same problem will exist. Be nice if I was wrong though 
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15-08-2008, 6:04 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
My box failed to record this on BBC3 the othernight. And I was pleased when I noticed the HD version on BBC HD.
Maybe my box knew there was an HD screening in a few days and did it deliberately.
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15-08-2008, 9:03 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
I saw it on Sky Movies HD whenever it was on and thought it looked great!
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16-08-2008, 10:28 AM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
Thanks for the heads up! Cheesy film, but should be nice in HD and 5.1.
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16-08-2008, 8:24 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
Not seen this film for years and looks good on bbchd to.
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16-08-2008, 8:27 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
So what aspect ratio was it shown in?
I know it's a bit daft, but I really like this film and long to see it in HD in the correct aspect ration (2.35:1) rather than the butchered version that most broadcasters seem to use.
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16-08-2008, 8:32 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
2.35:1 is without the black bars at top and bottom of the screen ?
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16-08-2008, 8:38 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
I was going to watch it on BBC3 but they said its on HD to and the picture looks very good and I have had no sound drop outs yet.
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16-08-2008, 8:40 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
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2.35:1 is without the black bars at top and bottom of the screen ?
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Yep....and BBC HD is showing in basic 1.85:1 
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16-08-2008, 8:41 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
It's on now
Wrong aspect ratio, Why oh Why?
I'm trying to decide to continue watching the pan & scan HD version or break out the DVD with the correct ratio
and to all the people who complain about having black bars with their new tv and such - go back and buy a bigger one 
Oh the BBC HD Dog is annoying as ever, how come bbc 1 and 2 don't need a dog to remind me which channel of the uniquely funded bbc I am watching?
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16-08-2008, 8:44 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
This could get confusing lol.
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16-08-2008, 9:19 PM
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Re: Armageddon on BBC HD tomorrow night
The quality looks pretty poor on my tv, very soft picture not at all sharp as other movies have looked on BBC HD.
I was watching Battle of Britain earlier or C4HD and that looked a better picure even though the film was 30 odd years old.
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