Has anyone Else Noticed F1 In HD Today

[landzw]

Just noticed oh BBC HD the Brazilian GP is in HD today , am i missing old news or wasn't we told about this?

 

[nads]

it was mentioned at the start of practice yesterday.

 

[f1only]

Quali was on BBC1 HD yesterday & they mentioned it.

 

[landzw]

I missed practice & Qualifying , should be interesting

 

[Anonymous]

so it isnt just upscaled sd then?

 

[mcjwalters]

Don't think it is in HD as sky is telling me in is in standard def but on BBC One HD, as many programme seem to be.

But I hoping I am wrong but after watching qualifing it looked standard def to me.

 

[f1only]

I believe it is upscaled SD or just SD as Bernie Ecclestone mentioned that there is no HD for F1 till at least 2012, unless they have all had a change of plans.

 

[Anonymous]

yea its gotta be upscaled, they probably just mentioned that coverage of the race was on bbc1hd..

 

[grifz]

Typical bbc we are forced to pay for there cheep quality trash through our tv license. This is why imo its worth paying skys premium price and get what you pay for . I hope F1 would come to sky to see racing in proper HD glory. Gosh how i despise paying my tv license for bbc

 

[Andrew Everard]

Surely it's down to the feed the host broadcaster is supplying, not the BBC.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Definitely upscaled SD. But this is the sort of quality we should be seeing anyway, rather than picture quality going backwards over the past 20 years.

 

[The_Lhc]

grifz:Typical bbc we are forced to pay for there cheep quality trash through our tv license. This is why imo its worth paying skys premium price and get what you pay for . I hope F1 would come to sky to see racing in proper HD glory. Gosh how i despise paying my tv license for bbc

Ah, there's nothing like a good rant on a topic you know nothing about is there?

Sky wouldn't be able to show it in HD either, Bernie isn't allowing it yet.

Jake Humphrey mention on Twitter the other day that it was being upscaled for the BBC HD channel, by that I presume he meant the BBC were upscaling it themselves prior to broadcast but I might be wrong on that.

 

[grifz]

Im sure i could get my self a cheap hd cam and do a better job on youtube . OK maybe not but come on surely one off the biggest watched and sponsored event world wide should be given the hd treatment . If they can drag a hd camera all the way out to film a dung beatle in africa surely ?

 

[The_Lhc]

grifz:Im sure i could get my self a cheap hd cam and do a better job on youtube . OK maybe not but come on surely one off the biggest watched and sponsored event world wide should be given the hd treatment . If they can drag a hd camera all the way out to film a dung beatle in africa surely ?

grifz, you're right of course, but the BBC don't film F1, Bernie's responsible and he's not letting HD in for another couple of years, so you need to pick your targets properly.

 

[grifz]

Fairplay then im going to report him to ofcom then they will be installed for the grand finally in a fortnight or whenever the last race is on

 

[Andy Clough]

As I understand it, F1 is being filmed in HD this year but Formula One Management is not making the HD feed available to broadcasters until 2011.

I assume (but am not 100% sure) that the F1 coverage on BBC One HD will therefore be uspscaled SD.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Well it's definitely not HD.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Nor indeed Woking's year, it seems, even with the former World Champions at the wheel.

 

[JamesOK]

Andy Clough:
As I understand it, F1 is being filmed in HD this year but Formula One Management is not making the HD feed available to broadcasters until 2011.

I assume (but am not 100% sure) that the F1 coverage on BBC One HD will therefore be uspscaled SD.

Yep, I think thats what Bernie said in a interview with Eddie Jordan a couple of weeks back. Possibly 2011. Lets hope so!

The upscaled HD is quite a nice picture, but you certainly couldnt mistake it for proper HD.

 

[Anonymous]

grifz:. I hope F1 would come to sky to see racing in proper HD glory. Gosh how i despise paying my tv license for bbc £145 come on get a grip, and frozen for next few yeras. Defo upscaled as jake said at start of brazil.

 

[robjcooper]

grifz:Fairplay then im going to report him to ofcom then they will be installed for the grand finally in a fortnight or whenever the last race is on

What the hell are you talking about? You've almost given James Murdoch a run for his money as most idiotic, unsubstantiated, ill-informed anti-BBC rant of the year. I respectfully suggest you should cancel your Sky contract and use the money to pay for some classes in basic english - also perhaps you should register on the Daily Mail website where you'll find yourself in like-minded company.

And if you think you really can do better, pop out to your local Currys, get yourself an HD camera and film yourself

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- I'm sure it will be a big hit on youtube which, as we all know, is the epitome of quality broadcasting.

 

[grifz]

Wow rob i see ive hit a sweet spot here but i guess everyone has a right to have a good rant just like your post ,I would say that puts us in the same catagory, no ,ok i suppose you maybe superior to me so i will say sorry to you Rob and to the bbc. The daily mail not the sport, You work for the bbc dont you Rob