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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2021712" data-attributes="member: 151">True, 'dat.  But by and large, the broadcasters are getting better.  INHD 1/2 and are good showcase channels, for example.  The stuff I've been most impressed with has the been the IMAX conversions, in particular.  Many of the movie conversions are truly hit and miss.  For example, I saw part of Strange Days, and was underwhelmed at the sloppiness of the transfer.  By the same token, I saw a conversion of '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083284/" target="_blank">Victory</a>' (which for some reason was labelled as Flight to Victory, or something) which amazed me with it's clarity and transfer quality.For most primetime shows, it varies somewhat.  The SuperBowl, House and American Idol on Fox, for example, looked really nice.  Lost on ABC looks gorgeous.  Medium on NBC and N3mbers on CBS all look pretty good....which they all should, as they were filmed in HD.  With every passing season, more HD content appears.  The real problem is that there aren't any standards.  For example, most broadcasts are in 1080i (PBS, CBS, UPN, WB and NBC), but some channels broadcast in 720p (ABC, Fox).  Some channels have very strong line-ups of HD material, but only over certain providers.  For example, some cable companies didn't carry Fox's HD broadcast of the superbowl because a regional operator wanted money for it.  Direct TV affiliate channels are not available in all markets, too.And just because a show is broadcast in HD, doesn't necessarily mean it was recorded that way.  In some cases, it just means the original material is clumsily 'up-converted' (something of a misnomer) to the format, so it doesn't look badly pixelated...but there isn't any additional picture data, so it's just an anti-aliased scaled version of the original image, in some cases.It's kind of a mess, but worth the effort, IMHO.</blockquote>

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