Anyone been watching the NBA Playoffs? They kept doing this thing last night where they would cut to a different camera for these super slow mo shots and the footage looked amazing. The difference was even more striking when they cut back to their regular cameras. Anyone notice this? What were they doing to make it look so much better and whey can't they broadcast the whole game in this or is it not achievable in 60fps. Sorry, a little off topic but relevant to my understanding of the whole 1080p vs. 1080i thing.
NBA Playoffs - Is that progressive video?
- Thread starter markyf
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To my knowledge none of the networks deliver footage in 1080p.
Too much bandwidth.
Might be wrong on that, but that's my understanding.
Too much bandwidth.
Might be wrong on that, but that's my understanding.
adkimery
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It might be a purpose built slow motion camera that records a limited amount of video (let's say only the last 10 minutes or something) onto a server in the production truck. I know ABC, FOX, and ESPN use 720p60 for their HD and I don't think anyone uses any 1080p (only 1080i) for b'cast.
Companies like EVS build live event slow motion solutions for b'cast.
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Companies like EVS build live event slow motion solutions for b'cast.
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mcsmooth
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I didn't see this, but remember a super slow-mo replay they were doing for NFL last year. It had to have been way less than 1/4 speed (which 120fps will get you). It looked processed to me (even the color was off from normal shots), so my guess was that they were running 60p footage through some sort of off-line processor that interpolated in-between frames.
Cameras could theoretically be 1080p at any frame rate, but it would always get delivered to TV as 1080i or 720p.
Cameras could theoretically be 1080p at any frame rate, but it would always get delivered to TV as 1080i or 720p.