Modern TV production. A moan.
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My father, post war, built his own TV set using a CRT from an Oscilloscope. Although the picture was round and also green he was one of the very first in the area to own one. Later on we had the very early TVs with poor linear and flyback problems. Then came the 'coloured' rather than colour pictures. That was more effective than a 2 bar electric fire.
Fast forwarding over the decades and for some stupid reason the image is now so post production, over coloured and manipulated it barley resembles the original scene. I can understand this for drama or to make a point BUT its now starting to appear in everyday TV.
And the thing that really pisses me off the most? This bloody craze for blackened corners. Its like watching TV through a telescope! It may look fantastic and all arty farty, but I want QUALITY of programming not some new Quantel box pimped up picture.
That and combined with cranking up the colour and dropping the contrast is just a joke. Remember not all of us own 42" or 50" all singing and dancing plasmas and there are a few of us (believe it or not) that watch 'small' TVs and sometimes use portables.
Progress? I do wonder sometimes.
So, here is my 'NEW' TV from 1960.
Fast forwarding over the decades and for some stupid reason the image is now so post production, over coloured and manipulated it barley resembles the original scene. I can understand this for drama or to make a point BUT its now starting to appear in everyday TV.
And the thing that really pisses me off the most? This bloody craze for blackened corners. Its like watching TV through a telescope! It may look fantastic and all arty farty, but I want QUALITY of programming not some new Quantel box pimped up picture.
That and combined with cranking up the colour and dropping the contrast is just a joke. Remember not all of us own 42" or 50" all singing and dancing plasmas and there are a few of us (believe it or not) that watch 'small' TVs and sometimes use portables.
Progress? I do wonder sometimes.
So, here is my 'NEW' TV from 1960.
Edited by Morningside on Wednesday 12th May 12:06
I don't like the hyper-editing that goes into a lot of programs that would otherwise be quite interesting, these days I watch TV to relax and maybe learn something. I find crazy jumpy zoomy camera work and peoples voiceovers being cut down to a short string of soundbytes really irritating.
Its saying that they don't think the subject is that interesting by it's self and you need all this garnish to make people watch it. Almost as if they're trying to excuse the boring subject. Eventually it's all garnish and no subject. Bah.
Its saying that they don't think the subject is that interesting by it's self and you need all this garnish to make people watch it. Almost as if they're trying to excuse the boring subject. Eventually it's all garnish and no subject. Bah.
I find the current craze for splitting a 'story' into several segments annoying.
Do they think their audience has the attention span of a flea and need reminding what happened when the return to a subject aired about 5 mins ago?
The new craze which I hate is when the put a graphic of the programmes name up between each segment.
Do they think their audience has the attention span of a flea and need reminding what happened when the return to a subject aired about 5 mins ago?
The new craze which I hate is when the put a graphic of the programmes name up between each segment.
Neil H said:
Morningside said:
When I were a lad etc etc
I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you appear to be an old fart.
.. 45. I remember coming home from School finding a HUGE 26" colour TV...wow!Liszt said:
And apparently some people spend 3 grand on a telly! Imagine!
Thats no problem and I would as well (if I could afford it). Thats not in question, its the post TV production pissing about that I find annoying just for the sake of doing it.I find the trend of "previously... and coming up on..." extremely annoying. Lets have 10 minutes of original footage per 30 minutes and fill the rest with coming ups and recaps.
The other hateful trend is move away from a programme about 1 topic. Even the bastions of good TV, the BBC wildlife programmes, are guilty of this. Life is a pain in the arse the way it jumps from topic to topic - why not just film some bloody fish and have an episode on fish.
The other hateful trend is move away from a programme about 1 topic. Even the bastions of good TV, the BBC wildlife programmes, are guilty of this. Life is a pain in the arse the way it jumps from topic to topic - why not just film some bloody fish and have an episode on fish.
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