18-09-2023, 07:45 PM
So you have a picture that's likely already been shifted slightly down the screen (causing the black bar at the top) being zoomed into even further- rather than them actually properly fixing the issue that's caused the picture to shift down the screen- quite possibly that's the cause of the zooming and bluriness?
There was at least one EastEnders episode that had the black bar without the de-interlacing as well,. Possibly the de-interlacing began as part of their attempts to "fix" the black bar issue?
I remember Challenge in the 00s had a period of several months where the picture was similarly shifted down the screen, I seem to remember them saying they were aware of the problem, but it wasn't worth fixing as they were in the process of moving to a new transmission system (IIRC it was the same time they went 16:9)- so at least there was aknowledgement and an explanation. Unlike with UKTV here.
*Sorry for the second post, the edit window closed before I finished re-typing this!
There was at least one EastEnders episode that had the black bar without the de-interlacing as well,. Possibly the de-interlacing began as part of their attempts to "fix" the black bar issue?
I remember Challenge in the 00s had a period of several months where the picture was similarly shifted down the screen, I seem to remember them saying they were aware of the problem, but it wasn't worth fixing as they were in the process of moving to a new transmission system (IIRC it was the same time they went 16:9)- so at least there was aknowledgement and an explanation. Unlike with UKTV here.
*Sorry for the second post, the edit window closed before I finished re-typing this!