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raggatwin wrote:I noted that Chris used to wear REALLY tight trousers in the 80s.....

miserabalism wrote:Am I right in thinking that David Walliams and Matt Lucas can be spotted in the TOTP audience during the Liberation recording, towards the end of the song?

Also, the Wogan performance of So Hard: that's the one that Chris Lowe stormed off-stage from at the end of the song, isn't it?

Mr Love wrote:

Oznerol wrote:Are the BBC clips 4:3 full frame (filling the complete screen if you play them on an standard -old- TV), or are they butchered on top and bottom of the image to fit the new 16:9 widescreen LCD format??? I hope they´re in full...it'll be a big disappointment if they're cropped...
Can you confirm that info please???

I can confirm they are NOT in full frame (shame on who ever put this together) but in anamorphic 16:9 with black bars on the sides, meaning more than 30% of the horizontal resolution is wasted. Unbelieveable. Sure, the image isn't cropped, but the quality is very low thanks to this incredibly stupid treatment - if you watch it on a 4:3 telly, you'll have big black bars on all sides.

Moreover, just like the Pandemonium DVD, my standalone player has problems playing this. Guess I'll have to burn it to 2 DVD-Rs instead (one for the TOTP stuff, one for Glastonbury). Well, I'll probably never watch it anyway...

Mr Love wrote:

Oznerol wrote:Are the BBC clips 4:3 full frame (filling the complete screen if you play them on an standard -old- TV), or are they butchered on top and bottom of the image to fit the new 16:9 widescreen LCD format??? I hope they´re in full...it'll be a big disappointment if they're cropped...
Can you confirm that info please???

I can confirm they are NOT in full frame (shame on who ever put this together) but in anamorphic 16:9 with black bars on the sides, meaning more than 30% of the horizontal resolution is wasted. Unbelieveable. Sure, the image isn't cropped, but the quality is very low thanks to this incredibly stupid treatment - if you watch it on a 4:3 telly, you'll have big black bars on all sides.

Moreover, just like the Pandemonium DVD, my standalone player has problems playing this. Guess I'll have to burn it to 2 DVD-Rs instead (one for the TOTP stuff, one for Glastonbury). Well, I'll probably never watch it anyway...

boyjohn wrote:

Mr Love wrote:

Oznerol wrote:Are the BBC clips 4:3 full frame (filling the complete screen if you play them on an standard -old- TV), or are they butchered on top and bottom of the image to fit the new 16:9 widescreen LCD format??? I hope they´re in full...it'll be a big disappointment if they're cropped...
Can you confirm that info please???

I can confirm they are NOT in full frame (shame on who ever put this together) but in anamorphic 16:9 with black bars on the sides, meaning more than 30% of the horizontal resolution is wasted. Unbelieveable. Sure, the image isn't cropped, but the quality is very low thanks to this incredibly stupid treatment - if you watch it on a 4:3 telly, you'll have big black bars on all sides.

Moreover, just like the Pandemonium DVD, my standalone player has problems playing this. Guess I'll have to burn it to 2 DVD-Rs instead (one for the TOTP stuff, one for Glastonbury). Well, I'll probably never watch it anyway...

Well, since there is both 4:3 and 16:9 content, they probably had to do it that way. That way all the videos show correctly on 16:9 TVs (which is most of them these days)

boyjohn wrote: Well, since there is both 4:3 and 16:9 content, they probably had to do it that way. That way all the videos show correctly on 16:9 TVs (which is most of them these days)

Mr Love wrote:

boyjohn wrote: Well, since there is both 4:3 and 16:9 content, they probably had to do it that way. That way all the videos show correctly on 16:9 TVs (which is most of them these days)

Not true, you can mix anamorphic 16:9 and full screen 4:3 content (which will also look correct on a 16:9 telly), the DVD author was just too lazy.

herts101 wrote:Have I missed something or is Pandemonium/Can You Forgive Her? missing from the DVD?

Surely they did this at Glastonbury given the name of the tour?

djjs91 wrote:I too am only buying it for the DVD and looking forward to watching all the TOTP performances.


But I guess I'm in a minority though when I say I don't really get all the hype about Glastonbury 2010. For me it didn't seem any different from their O2 concert, the latter I'd say was better. I would much have rathered Glastonbury 2000 be put on it (guess it wasn't BBC who broadcast it).

miserabalism wrote:Am I right in thinking that David Walliams and Matt Lucas can be spotted in the TOTP audience during the Liberation recording, towards the end of the song?