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Battlestar Galactica in HD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the high-def-cylons dept.

Hauzer writes "Ars Technica is carrying news that I know will bring joy to some fans: Universal HD is going to be broadcasting Battlestar Galactica. They're going to run the miniseries and the first Season (2005) of the new Battlestar Galactica, starting Sunday night at 8PM, with HD repeats coming every week. Now if only Sci-Fi would provide an HD channel so we can watch when the new stuff airs!"

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  1. This will be AWESOME. by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've already downloaded a HD movie in 1280x720 resolution, and it was awesome. Yeah, it's a very large file (700MB for 40 minutes), but the quality is amazing. All of the other stuff I download is typically a max of 720 wide - most are below that. I would love to watch BSG on my nice 1600x1200 monitor and actually have the video source be more than half of my screen BEFORE I maximize it.

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    1. Re:This will be AWESOME. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      ABC-HD, FOX-HD, ESPN-HD, and ESPN2-HD are broadcast in 720p. Just about all other HD channels, including Universal-HD, are broadcast in 1080i.

    2. Re:This will be AWESOME. by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Informative

      ATSC 1080i is 1920x1080, interlace scanned.

      It looks like the HDV standard is 1440x1080 though, horizontally stretched. HDV is a consumer HD digital video standard that uses standard DV tapes.

  2. Too bad not in Austin... by akac · · Score: 1, Informative

    Here we've got almost all the HD channels - except for Universal HD.

  3. BSG in HD in AUS by C077335 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Battlestar Galactica has been aired in SD and HD in Australia for over 7 weeks now.

  4. Re:The doctor is a cylon by ParadoxicalPostulate · · Score: 2, Informative


    I believe he's referring to the medical doctor, not Dr. Baltar.

    As far as I know, Dr. Baltar doesn't even know that she has cancer.

  5. usenet by poptones · · Score: 2, Informative

    I got the entire series in 704xsomething HD rips before I knew I would like it so much. I had a hard drive problem and lost a few eps, now I need to fetch them again and I find all the eps right on usenet in HD format. Check alt.binaries.multimedia, alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi, or maybe even alt.binaries.battlestar-galactica

    I don't watch much TV. Yeah it's cool universal will run them in HD, but I really feel kinda "whoopee" about it - I can download them with no commercials and watch them anytime I want. Thanks to congress and the FCC it's easier just to download them than to watch and rip myself.

  6. Re:And here I am... by fgl · · Score: 1, Informative

    That would be naughty. The Man & the other man is watching.
    Bittorrent is evil & no one would Battlestar Galactica

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  7. It helps that Ron Moore is co-creator, though. by MtViewGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think the biggest reason why the revival of Battlestar Galactica has worked so well is the fact one of the co-creators of the revival is Ronald D. Moore, the same person who did some of the very best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

    This is why I can't wait for the first ten Second Season episodes that will be shown later this Summer. :-)

  8. Re:And here I am... by zarthrag · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bitme TV for all of your tv-related needs. got the entire season+movie in one fell swoop.

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  9. Re:The doctor is a cylon by JoshRosenbaum · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, I think she's the one that requested the "alternative" treatment. The doctor recommended something entirely different.

  10. Was it filmed on super 16mm or 35mm ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because HDTV will actually make it look WORSE if it was done originally on 16mm...

    1. Re:Was it filmed on super 16mm or 35mm ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Apparently the pilot was done on 35mm and then the series was shot directly on HD video, so HDTV broadcast should look fantastic:

      format wars heat up as reality opts for new strains of standard-def video
      but more dramas shoot on Super 16 film

      High-definition certainly makes sense for effects-intensive shows. Sci Fi Channel's recent remake of the seminal 1978-79 series "Battlestar Galactica" shot its pilot on 35mm film then switched to HD when it went to series, set for a January debut.

      "HD is about a whole new creative medium that's out there for us to explore," "Galactica" cinematographer Stephen McNutt says. "We just have to understand how to control it creatively, and there are lots of things about it that you can control on-set, in-camera and in post."

      "Galactica" is one of 10 fall series being finished in HD on the Avid DS Nitris system at Modern Video Film, where president Moshe Barkat notes that he is still seeing a lot of filmed series come in.

  11. Re:Forget the HD... by aleatory_story · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, it is out on DVD... in the UK, at least.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007L6SA 8/202-8389048-6566215

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  12. Re:The doctor is a cylon by ManoMarks · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, IIRC she was diagnosed during the miniseries, by a doctor we never see and who presumably dies in the initial cylon attack. I'm not saying you're wrong about him being a cylon, just got one fact wrong.

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  13. Re:What year are you living in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The $400 HDTVs are mostly non-widescreen, so you don't get a real HDTV-quality picture. You need to go up to about $700 to get that.