VM
Seems they've dumped 'HD' tag from the bug. And a tad bigger.
Here's a comparison I made of the old/new positions of the DOG. The new DOG appears to be thicker in terms of font weight, as well as being more opaque.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137814
Comparing it to a recorded programme from last week the HD DOG doesn't seem to be different. Having a quick look at SD that seems to have moved to the HD position.
Seems they've dumped 'HD' tag from the bug. And a tad bigger.
Here's a comparison I made of the old/new positions of the DOG. The new DOG appears to be thicker in terms of font weight, as well as being more opaque.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137814
NG
Sky HD boxes stretch 4:3 SD content to 16:9 when configured for 1080i or 720p permanent output. It's the most annoying feature of them.. They don't pillarbox internally. If you configure them for Automatic (where SD is output as 576p - with very average deinterlacing) the SD output is accompanied by aspect ratio signalling information, and thus 4:3 content is displayed in the format you have decided for your TV to display it (pillarbox, stretch, zoom and crop etc.)
Murder She Wrote is a 4:3 HD transfer, which will be delivered to ITV as a pillarboxed 16:9 HD feed. If it is correctly broadcast as 4:3 and flagged as such on SD outlets, that suggests that ITV's playout system can handle the concept of 4:3 HD.
noggin
Founding member
Thanks for that noggin. I knew that it was intentionally stretched, but didn't know there was a way to get around it in SD.
Sky HD boxes stretch 4:3 SD content to 16:9 when configured for 1080i or 720p permanent output. It's the most annoying feature of them.. They don't pillarbox internally. If you configure them for Automatic (where SD is output as 576p - with very average deinterlacing) the SD output is accompanied by aspect ratio signalling information, and thus 4:3 content is displayed in the format you have decided for your TV to display it (pillarbox, stretch, zoom and crop etc.)
Murder She Wrote is a 4:3 HD transfer, which will be delivered to ITV as a pillarboxed 16:9 HD feed. If it is correctly broadcast as 4:3 and flagged as such on SD outlets, that suggests that ITV's playout system can handle the concept of 4:3 HD.
CO
Oh man, I wanna see those.
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Basically yes there are two versions of that endcap, one for the 1996 GSkyB look and a different one from 1998 when the logo got refreshed. There was also an LWT version, as well as different coloured backgrounds for each different GSkyB channel, purple for Plus, green for Good Life, red for Talk TV and blue for Men & Motors.
Oh man, I wanna see those.
LL
Does anybody know why ITV resorts to having to shift its DOG every time it airs The Cube rather than asking the producers to move the "lives" over to the other side of the screen? I know it always happens with sport but this is, well... The Cube.
SP
Didn't the Cube start before the DOG was introduced, so those graphics are established and have kind if Grandfather Rights?
FA
I'm pretty sure that now that the dog has moved further to the left that it wouldn't cover the lives box.
Speaking of a different live box, the GMB Live bug sits too far over to the left pushing the dog to the right hand corner. This is the original position and therefore doesn't line up with the logo & clock either.
Speaking of a different live box, the GMB Live bug sits too far over to the left pushing the dog to the right hand corner. This is the original position and therefore doesn't line up with the logo & clock either.
SE
Square Eyes
Founding member
I take it ITV's 60th is going to be a low key affair. It's next month and the only special programming I've seen announced is the Corrie Live episode.
BA
Considering The Cube is often repeated, presumably it's easier to move the DOG all of the time than to move it only on the episodes that need it.
Does anybody know why ITV resorts to having to shift its DOG every time it airs The Cube rather than asking the producers to move the "lives" over to the other side of the screen? I know it always happens with sport but this is, well... The Cube.
Considering The Cube is often repeated, presumably it's easier to move the DOG all of the time than to move it only on the episodes that need it.
JA
Speaking of which, they don't use the dog at all during the news... which leads to ITV+1 having the +1 on it's own. I assume therefore that when the dog is moved to a different position, for example on The Cube as mentioned above, the +1 logo would be on the wrong side? That needs to be fixed, this problem has existed ever since the dog was introduced last year.
NJ
Normally the +1 DOG moves with the main DOG, so if the main DOG is/was on the top left, +1 is there and likewise if it's top right.
That being said, I dare say the graphics on +1 aren't a key priority, as can probably be deduced by the number of people who complain on Twitter that Good Morning Britain is an hour behind and said viewers haven't realised they're watching +1 as unlike Channel 4 +1 it doesn't have a massive great DOG to point it out.
Neil Jones
Founding member
Speaking of which, they don't use the dog at all during the news... which leads to ITV+1 having the +1 on it's own. I assume therefore that when the dog is moved to a different position, for example on The Cube as mentioned above, the +1 logo would be on the wrong side? That needs to be fixed, this problem has existed ever since the dog was introduced last year.
Normally the +1 DOG moves with the main DOG, so if the main DOG is/was on the top left, +1 is there and likewise if it's top right.
That being said, I dare say the graphics on +1 aren't a key priority, as can probably be deduced by the number of people who complain on Twitter that Good Morning Britain is an hour behind and said viewers haven't realised they're watching +1 as unlike Channel 4 +1 it doesn't have a massive great DOG to point it out.