rv65 3 Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20090123fox14 It's going HD for the first time. It's also the first real episode of Season 20. The first episodes of Season 20 were from last season which is why it's in 4:3 SD. They are also reanimating the intro sequence for HD. King of the Hill's HD intro was cropped from 4:3 which means they didn't reanimate it. It will also be shown letterboxed on the SD feed except for cable, DBS, IPTV, or whatever service you use for PayTV. Those companies simply centercut the HD feed for SD viewers. The analog OTA version will be letterboxed.
fl19ga114sc105 3 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 And for the record The Simpson's is the first and probably only series to start in 1989 and now be in HD.
abric 185 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Cops has been in HD since September 2008. Before that they were in 16x9 SD.
johnnya2k6 171 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 What about COPS? Or America's Most Wanted?
mbhcity 3 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 King of the Hill already made the jump to HD...and now it's the Simpsons. to quote Homer Simpson "WOO HOO!" Now this leaves the Seth McFarlane sitcoms.
fl19ga114sc105 3 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 What about COPS? Technically COPS started in March 1989, however that is part of the 1988 television season. Ah gotta love pointless facts about nothing internet message boards. And to add to this I do hope Family Guy and American Dad make the leap to HD, but I'd rather have an R rated theatrical Family Guy movie first.
rv65 3 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 Or America's Most Wanted? AMW is 16:9 SD but they have been using HD cameras for a while. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/02/sundays_simpsons_goes_hd_updat.php Some pics of the new Title sequence. One of the promos showed Bart writing on the chalkboard saying HDTV is worth every cent. I could see him writing all of my pranks will be in the 4:3 safe area.
rv65 3 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Posted February 15, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZGz1Ajg7QU The Opening theme for tomorrows episode. They finally purchased an HDTV! This is just 1 of many different variants. They had to reanimate the whole thing for HD.
PitCleTV 9 Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Gonna miss the original, but I guess it was time for a change.
rv65 3 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Posted March 1, 2009 As for Family Guy in HD. Seth McFarlane said that Comedy works better in 4:3 and not 16:9. So maybe it will be a while. He has done some things in HD but not the Fox animated shows. Hopefully it will happen sometime in the near future.
rv65 3 Posted July 2, 2009 Author Posted July 2, 2009 Speaking of HD maybe Family Guy will go HD for this upcoming season. Rough Draft which animates these shows seems to be producing shows in HD. SpongeBob went HD this year. Also AMW will go HD this fall.
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