British GP in HD?

[divine]

F1 isn't shot in HD, simple as that and from what i've read it's FOM that own the equipment.

Japanese GP was in HD last year IIRC, because FOM don't do the cameras there.

It's a complete joke to be honest.

[Toby]

Interesting if FOM do actually do the broadcasting themselves. I don't know that much about it but I've heard the phrase "host broadcaster" a lot which would suggest that the host nation does the donkey work themselves.

Either way I agree, that such a rich sport which pioneers automotive technology is so backward when it comes to broadcasting technology is indeed a complete joke.

[Glaucus]

How had is it to take hd and convert to sd?
I very much doubt it. they would have to produce two feeds sd and HD, either by down mixing or having 2 actual feeds. Can't see it happening this year.

[Jonny69]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

How had is it to take hd and convert to sd?
I very much doubt it. they would have to produce two feeds sd and HD, either by down mixing or having 2 actual feeds. Can't see it happening this year.

Most of the HD programmes we shoot are shot in normal pixel count and upscaled to HD. It's simply too expensive for most budgets to justify HD all the way. Downscaling is no different and as far as I know they broadcast both side by side don't they? I don't have HD myself so I don't know the ins and outs from the viewer's end.

[Daz]

Originally Posted by Vertigo1

TBH, I've read a lot about poor quality on BBC HD but, in my experiments so far with Freesat, I've found the quality remarkably good, averaging a solid 16Mb/s with a very clear picture.

Don't know whether it varies from programme to programme though.

We had Sky HD put in last week and I have to say, from what I've seen the BBC HD content was great.

Think I read the BBC's outside broadcast units which can shoot HD are actually big enough to cover the GP. Hope they do though

Kinda hoping they do Eurovision in HD though