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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 22 Oct 2014 : 05:16:26
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As I tap this in, an excellent, crisp version of Carnival Of Monsters is on the Horror Channel.
They're running two or three episodes every morning, repeating them in the evening throughout weekdays. Inferno completed yesterday.
When I'm not working, I'm finding them thoroughly enjoyable.
I have SKY so no idea how available the Horror Channel is around the world, but I'm guessing it isn't a subscription channel. |
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Qexit
Timelord
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Oct 2014 : 08:26:45
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I'm with Virgin Media Cable TV. I have their very basic 'M' package which is basically just the free to air channels available through Freeview. The Horror Channel popped up on here a few weeks ago and I have watched a few Dr Who stories/episodes. The same happened at around this time last year. It was available for around 3 months then returned to the paid packages.
So far, the picture quality on the episodes I have watched has been pretty poor. Rather like watching an old VHS tape version. On the plus side, it has made the new Dr Who stories on Saturday evenings look really good both in terms of production values and content. Some of the old stories that I have such fond memories of really do not stand up very well  |
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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
1689 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2014 : 14:51:54
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You're right Kevin. Some of the episodes have been poor quality picture-wise. Carnival is a welcome change and so far seems excellent.
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Liberator
Vervoid Salad Chef
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Oct 2014 : 06:08:46
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It seems the Horror Channel has purchased an additional 17 stories for broadcast from October 13th but unlike before, these are the versions originally remastered for DVD.
From the various Restoration Team articles I've read over the years, my assumption is that once the master tapes are taken from the archive, copies are made for use in creating the remastered DVD versions. The original tapes are then returned to the archive untouched, bar any needed repairs to prevent irreparable damage. If the BBC wanted to broadcast a repeat or even use clips in the TV show, they'd only have the unrestored master tapes available to them, not the cleaned up versions seen on DVD. Hence the poor quality of the clips used in 'The Name of the Doctor' for example.
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