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I'm watching my special tonight and while this tv footage is old it suffers a bit from being too dark at times. The opening number really shows how dark this footage is and doesn't appear to have been remastered. I wish they could have at least brightened it up a bit even Richard playing Oh Holy Night the contrast is really dark.
The picture quality is great it's just dark and not vibrant. I'm wondering if this is the broadcast or if the DVD will be the same.
Since you have an old CRT tv hookup I challenge you to take a screen capture of the DVD using this vs an LCD tv to see if your correct. I'll just have to adjust my setting on my LCD tv to see if I can increase the brightness and contrast because what I saw on that 30 min PBS special was really dark.You have to remember that the original 70's source tapes would've stored the video in composite. I know that with the Perry Como DVD I find it looks best on an older CRT TV hooked up by composite or s-video at most and then looks darker on an LCD TV played through HDMI where the composite is being split into component. Plus if you are comparing them to the VHS uploads on YouTube, I find the color tends to be lighter, whereas Betamax recorded color that was closer to broadcast.
Since you have an old CRT tv hookup I challenge you to take a screen capture of the DVD using this vs an LCD tv to see if your correct. I'll just have to adjust my setting on my LCD tv to see if I can increase the brightness and contrast because what I saw on that 30 min PBS special was really dark.
KCTS Seattle isn't going to be showing it either!Not going to be shown in Norfolk, VA area PBS (WHRO)
We have 2 PBS stations one is showing it and one is not and the one that's showing it doesn't even have the DVD on their website with all the other pledge gifts. I don't think this is being marketed very well and it's my opinion that this DVD will be pretty rare to own. Most of the public won't even know about this manufactured DVD.
Have you contacted the station by email or phone? I just looked at WHRO's website and I have to say that it is a nightmare of a mess.Not going to be shown in Norfolk, VA area PBS (WHRO)
I mentioned it earlier but the DVD is only 50 mins so a 30 min segment with pledges sounds about right, if they showed anymore there would be no reason to buy the DVD.The show aired here in Spokane Washington on KSPS last night. To be honest, I was disappointed as what was shown seemed quite short. About half of the 30 minute program was devoted to soliciting for pledges. From what little was broadcast, the video was sharp and clean, and the audio crisp. Of course, I ordered the DVD. Now the 4 to 6 weeks for delivery wait begins.
Thank you for this post! I checked the KSPS website, and they take Canadian dollars at par, so I ordered the DVD from them. KCTS Seattle, the PBS station that I get on cable here, aren't offering the DVD, and they charge in US dollars anyway. So their loss is Spokane's gain!The show aired here in Spokane Washington on KSPS last night.
PBS station in Los Angeles will broadcast on December 6, at 7:00 pm. DVR is set; I ordered the DVD from the link provided earlier in this thread. Hopefully it won't take the full 4-6 weeks.