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Why aren't MTV HD's music videos in high definition?

by Richard Lawler posted Jun 28th 2009 at 8:27PM

Our friends at TV Squad are asking the same question we've had many times, what's up with MTV's treatment of HD? Specifically, why doesn't the MTV or VH1 HD simulcast channel air music videos in high definition? While it was news to us that MTV even aired music videos anymore, it's sad to see how poorly its handling the simulcast channel, though we don't have reception at this branch of the EHD HQ yet, word is they couldn't even keep simple things like the Real World HD broadcast straight last season. That's no surprise for a network that treats its simulcast like a redheaded stepchild (try finding a mention of it on MTV.com or Viacom's website) and staunchly refuses to loose any details of precisely which shows will be broadcast in high definition no matter how many times we ask, and we'll not even get into the endless loop of repeated programming that has become Palladia. Considering one can view any music video on YouTube in "HD" with little trouble, it's even more disturbing that MTV is so far behind the times.

U2 music video & concert collection hitting Comcast HD VOD

by Richard Lawler posted Feb 28th 2009 at 7:58PM


While we wait for someone to figure out how to squeeze the U2 3D experience down a coax wire, Comcast has gone ahead and put a few dozen of the band's concerts and videos on video on-demand and in high definition. The new album doesn't hit until next week but the video for the newest single Get On Your Boots is one of the available selections. Comcast claims users already watch 50-60 million music videos per month on VOD, and the prospect of pulling out an Irish flag and reliving the Vertigo tour's Chicago stop one more time is probably enough for us to join them.

PluggedIn launches HD music video portal

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 16th 2008 at 9:09PM


We've had plenty of TV shows hitting the web in high definition recently, now PluggedIn is bringing music videos. Its site, just launched in beta, uses the same Move plugin as ABC.com to push over 10,000 HD and broadcast quality videos from EMI, Sony BMG and other labels. We watched a few videos, and while we've usually gotten good results with ABC's web site, we couldn't seem to get the "HD" meter filled up so far. Whether its bandwidth issues or the videos we checked just weren't HD was unclear, but hopefully the site is updated so its easier to find what we're looking for. Still, audio quality was decent and the broadcast-quality video we did get was clear. For now, take a look and see if this lives up to the competition offered by the networks, Hulu, or even Youtube.

First high-def hip-hop music video?

by Matt Burns posted Aug 14th 2006 at 11:41AM

Could this video be the first high-def music video? According to the makers .mac webpage, he recoded the video featuring ClevaFam (we hadn't heard of 'em ether) on a Sony high-def camcorder and then cut it in his G5 and Mac Book Pro via Final Cut Pro. How does it look? Well, you can check it out for yourself on his site, but we think it looks rather good. Nice and crisp with good sound. NOTE: We are saying that the sound that is coming out of our speakers is clean and not that the content of the music is good. Would you be interested in music videos again if they were high-def? We are sure they would recapture some lost audiences.




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