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Thursday, November 3, 2005
GMA in HD
I'm Shawn Morton and I have an HD addiction. I was actually excited when I remembered that Good Morning America would start broadcasting in HD this morning. I even turned away from Sportscenter in HD to check it out (I know, I know, I need help).
The verdict? Well, the opening and studio stuff looks very good. Not as good as Sportscenter in HD IMHO, though. They do seem to be switching to SD when Robin Roberts reads the news headlines (it even gets pillarboxed with ABC News graphics) and when the weather maps are displayed.
Of course, like Sportscenter, any footage that is shown that didn't originate in the studio is pillarboxed SD. The worst part about this is that the GMA pillarbox graphics are bright red with yellow "GMA"s running down them. Pretty distracting. I would like to see them go to a more subtle graphic ala the gray and black ones ESPN uses.
Overall, I think it is great to see more shows in HD; however, based on the opening statements from Gibson and Sawyer, only a small portion of the GMA audience are watching on HD sets.
Back to Sportscenter...
I'm Shawn Morton and I have an HD addiction. I was actually excited when I remembered that Good Morning America would start broadcasting in HD this morning. I even turned away from Sportscenter in HD to check it out (I know, I know, I need help).
The verdict? Well, the opening and studio stuff looks very good. Not as good as Sportscenter in HD IMHO, though. They do seem to be switching to SD when Robin Roberts reads the news headlines (it even gets pillarboxed with ABC News graphics) and when the weather maps are displayed.
Of course, like Sportscenter, any footage that is shown that didn't originate in the studio is pillarboxed SD. The worst part about this is that the GMA pillarbox graphics are bright red with yellow "GMA"s running down them. Pretty distracting. I would like to see them go to a more subtle graphic ala the gray and black ones ESPN uses.
Overall, I think it is great to see more shows in HD; however, based on the opening statements from Gibson and Sawyer, only a small portion of the GMA audience are watching on HD sets.
Back to Sportscenter...
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7:04 AM
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