knight rider in hd!!!

Just ordered my 1st HDTV yesterday. In anticipation, I was scrolling through the HD channels in my cable guide and came across Knight Rider in HD. I seriously can't wait to watch this show again, especially in HD.

 

Considering it wasn't recorded in HD, I frankly see very little interest in watching it in HD.

It would have also been framed for 4:3 - so if they're showing it in widescreen, they'd have to crop the top and bottom of the frame to allow it to fill a 16:9 aspect ratio, which would be worse yet.

 

Universal HD....they've got some good stuff on there.

 

It's cropped a little, there are some screen shots in this thread over at AVS.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=625030

 

Am I right that anything shot on film (other than stuff like home movies) can be shown in HD?

 

I caught the premiere episode when they were running that last week... wow, it's amazing how easy I was to entertain 20 years ago

 

Of all the David Hasselhoff shows they could have put into HD, they chose Knight Rider??? Hummm.....something does not compute.

 

Film actually has a higher resolution than HD does, so in theory anything shot on film can be converted to HD, assuming the film master is still in decent shape.

 

Exactly. I have seen old series remastered in HD. Everything looks better in HD.

The only question is the aspect ratio and how they choose to present it. I don't care for the cropping.

 

Yes... film can be downconverted via telecine to HD.

 

As was noted last week by a terribly handsome and clever forum member, The Equalizer is also now showing in HD on INHD and looks great and has held up much better than Knight Rider. And coming soon: Quantum Leap.

I also saw the KARR ep today. "Nooooooo!" Hilarious.

 

Hmm. Ok, so I was wrong about the video quality, though it still means they're cropping it, which I'm not thrilled about.

 

what else does one record on if not film? hard drive?

 

There are shows that shot on video tape, not film.

 

so! it's kitt and michael. i forgot how hardcore this show is. all the hot 80's women, dang.

 

As hefe points out, you can also record TV shows on video tape rather than film.

As for why, film is rather expensive to use for TV shows, especially if they have a lot of "takes" or a lot of footage that doesn't end up used. Tape is a lot cheaper to record, and cheaper and easier to edit.

Of course, film produces a totally different look than video... video tends to be very clean, hard, cold. Film has a grain to it... it'll look warmer, more "alive." You'll find that more comedies can get away with recording to video; dramas will more often than not opt for film.