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September 01 2008

TEN flies Angel again (in Australia). TV Tonight blog reports that TEN will start airing Angel on TEN HD from Sept, 16.

Is it a part of TEN strategy in their promotion of Dollhouse?

Effulgent | 22:00 CET | 19 comments total | tags: angel, dollhouse

Is this first time anywhere that Angel will shown in HD?

Simon | September 01, 22:02 CET

No. Its on TNT HD in the states.

Randy Giles | September 01, 22:04 CET

So how good is the picture quality?

Simon | September 01, 22:07 CET

Y'know, not to be nitpicky, okay, I'm being nitpicky, but the title of the first episode is "City of..." as opposed to "City of Angels." At least in America, that's what it is, since most Americans would probably know that LA is commonly known as the City of Angels, might not be too well known overseas.

streetartist | September 01, 22:12 CET

I've only watched it once. It was good. Not jaw dropping good, but good.

Randy Giles | September 01, 22:14 CET

Simon, it takes a large screen TV to see the difference between SD and HD. On smaller TV sets, it's hard to tell one from the other.

[ edited by Effulgent on 2008-09-01 22:18 ]

Effulgent | September 01, 22:16 CET

Simon, Its on tonight/tomorrow at 3 and 4 am. I'll Tivo it and let you know.

Randy Giles | September 01, 22:22 CET

I have a 32-inch TV. There's a huge difference in SD to HD. Now, HD 720p to 1080i to 1080p, that's when you need a large TV.

pat32082 | September 01, 22:24 CET

I've got an HDTV with an up-converting DVD player($45 at Wal-Mart) and Angel looks amazing! Especially after season 2. I've seen Angel on HDTnT and it looks the same to me as my Dvd's. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm a long way from upgrading to Blu-ray. The jump from DvD to Blu-ray is in no way comparable to the jump from VHS to DVD whatever the marketers try to tell you.

EvilElecBlanket | September 01, 22:28 CET

From what I remember, of the one episode I watched, the best part of TNTHD is that it is fitted to your widescreen so no letterbox like the DVDs.

[ edited by Randy Giles on 2008-09-01 22:32 ]

Randy Giles | September 01, 22:31 CET

TNTHD is so not Blu Ray.

pat32082 | September 01, 22:37 CET

Simon, Its on tonight/tomorrow at 3 and 4 am. I'll Tivo it and let you know.

That would be greatly appreciated.

Simon | September 01, 22:45 CET

No problem Simon. So Pat, how much they paying you for that job you have at Sony?
*I tease outta love*

[ edited by Randy Giles on 2008-09-01 22:57 ]

Randy Giles | September 01, 22:53 CET

Hey, I wish. :-) But seriously, HD Cable Channels like TNT are lower quality. And I think most TNT shows like Angel and old L&O are just upconverted like a DVD player.

pat32082 | September 01, 22:57 CET

argh!! I was hoping they'd play reruns in Australia, but at 10.30 again!! I guess thats better than the random anywhere between 10.30 to 12.30 time that the Seven Network was using when they were airing it originally!

flying buffalo | September 01, 23:46 CET

Still, I'll be interested in watching "Angel" in HD.

Madhatter | September 02, 01:28 CET

I really hope this network does it better than TNT does. The TNT HD feed is horrible. They take a traditional aspect ratio (4:3) image and stretch out the sides in this bizarre adjustment to get it to be widescreen. When I watch it on TNT I just watch the standard definition channel simply because the stretching is horrible. It literally gives me a headache. Here's hoping those in Australia won't have to deal with that.

MichaelChris | September 02, 01:56 CET

Ten HD's programming seems to be a lot more consistant than the main channel, when they say they're going to air something they'll usually show the season from start to finish. This is good news. I can't wait to see how they handle Dollhouse eventually too.

Dan C. | September 02, 08:27 CET

Simon, I am back with some info on Angel on TNTHD. The episodes that aired this morning were from season one, unfortunately, and originally were not in widescreen 1.78:1. So, when stretched to fit the screen it made it a bit grainy. I played the same episodes on my Mac, at the same time, and the DVD picture was considerable better. Season two was shot in widescreen so the quality may be better on TNTHD. Those air thursday morning, so I'll be back then with another update.

Randy Giles | September 02, 23:24 CET

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