Like a few billion other people, I’ve been spending probably a little too much time watching the Olympics. At least I’m getting to see them in HD though… or am I.
Sticking mainly with CBC-HD’s coverage for its nicely rounded (not just Canada biased) coverage, I noticed the other night that video footage of the race I was watching was so soft as to seem almost out of focus. I would say about as good as really good DVD. Yet the overlay graphics (times, scores, titles, etc) were razor sharp, pixel-for-pixel perfect, so we can’t blame Rogers for over-compressing this time.
Are all the camera operators not pulling focus? Unlikely. Was something lost in a signal rate conversion somewhere between Beijing and Toronto? Does anyone other than me even care?
Granted most of the coverage has been pretty good (like the now famous “super slo-mo” diving shots), but the bottom line: overall less than compelling HD.
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