HD syndication expanding with Two and a Half Men
by Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Sep 12th 2007 at 10:06AM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Derrick @ Sep 12th 2007 10:31AM
Of the 3 mentioned 2&1/2 men is the only syndicated rerun I've ever seen in HD, BTW Comcast/DC
Siva @ Sep 12th 2007 2:38PM
Our local NBC affiliate (KSHB) in Kansas City has the ability to broadcast syndicated shows in HD. They already broadcast Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune in HD. Looks great. I guess the added equipment has to do with their ability to store the HD video and splice local commercials into them. Just a guess.
Derrick @ Sep 12th 2007 4:38PM
the two shows mentioned is a different beast the joy of this event is that this is a syndicated rerun not first run like Jeopardy and WOF
Eideard @ Sep 12th 2007 1:29PM
No - I'm not surprised you don't know the difference between reruns and syndication.
Ben @ Sep 12th 2007 2:17PM
I know the difference, just didn't explain it well here. My point was that reruns of Two and a Half Men is syndicated.
I see your point, as many syndicated shows are not reruns.
Mike Jenkins @ Sep 12th 2007 1:58PM
So what channel will Two and a Half Men be shown on?
Ben @ Sep 12th 2007 2:18PM
Depends on your market, here in Tampa it's on CW44 WTOG.
KERWIN STEWART @ Sep 12th 2007 2:29PM
i saw the show in hd it is on the the cw50 in washington dc area/maryland and it looks great i can not wait till later on today to look at it again.
KERWIN STEWART @ Sep 12th 2007 2:38PM
makes me want to say
man man man mman in hd(i tried)
Siva @ Sep 12th 2007 5:32PM
When it comes to the station readiness in terms of deployment, is there a difference between first run syndication and rerun syndication. I thought both involved downloading programs to a local storage and then splicing in local ads and airing them.
Dave Zatz @ Sep 13th 2007 12:56PM
Is it true 16:9 with extra content (from a source recording), or do they somehow increase resolution and change shape but the amount of content is the same?
Ben @ Sep 13th 2007 2:56PM
Two and a Half Men was originally produced in HD, so there is no conversion necessary.
As for other shows, Jeopardy and WOF are produced in HD, Enterprise was filmed so they made it HD the same way movies are converted. Seinfeld was remastered and especially difficult because although it was originally filmed, it was edited with video. So they had to go back to the source and then re-edit, but it's still presented in 4:3.