TV broadcasts to Record, Capture, and process, etc..

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Hello everyone

** I'm not sure where I'm going with this, so bare with me as I begin the process of sculpturing
it into something potentially useful. I have some ideas of where I want to go with it, but for now,
bare with me.

As part of my video hobby, I like to record various tv shows or movies. Since I still have
analog cable tv (and I prefer that over any digital mpeg source) I like to record various
things for later Capture and Process type projects. And since my VCR does a better job
of capturing the video detail, I much prefer it over a dvd recorder, less I want lots of
MPEG DCT errors and MPEG Pixelation, etc., to deal with later on. I much prefer the random
noise of an analog source. But that's me.

It also feed another part of my hobby, image analysis. And since most analog cable type
sources are dissapearing, I thought I better record enough or as much of it as I can (to play
and experiment with algorithmic noise reduction/enhancement processes) before its finally gone.

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intensionally left blank.

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For my first stroke in sculpturing out a format, here is a broadcast that cought my eye
this evening and I captured parts of it, and am recording it as I am writting this out to
you all now. I also (during commecial) played back part of it so that I could get a few
minutes of it captured from the EP (w/ SVHS-ET option on) recorded vhs tape..

Channel 40-FX:
I, Robot, staring Will Smith
** Science fiction, Action, 2004, PG-13, **1/2, 01:55, Color, English, United States,
** - In 2035 a Chicago homicide detective (Will Smith) tracks a sophisticated robot
** accused of murdering a visionary scientist.(AS, BN, V)

About the source:
Source type: analog cable tv
Aspect Ratio: widescreen letter box
Noise Level: minimal (SnP) random analog noise
Video/Film: is film based, but is TEC (Time Expansion/Compression) for television, IOW, non-ivtc'able
.
The quality of this broadcast for analog cabletv is unique. It is very good quality with
minimal (SnP) random noise than for most usual tv broadcasts, though I've seen this
type of quality in others. This broadcast is also in widescreen (letter box) presentation.
That makes it all the more appreciative. The audio is also very crips and clean stereo.

Ok, my comments go like this:
I've never seen this movie. (this is the first time I got a chance to even sneak-a-peek at
it even though it was prob on this channel on other occasions) I have a thing about watching
Widescreen movies that I feel are deserving for a true widescreen tv presentation, and I hold
off on watching them. But this one looks really good and I've just seen the first 10 minutes of
it, right up to the part where the Robot jumps out of the window -- stop.
.
I've already made some 10 minutes worth of clean captures via Lagarith codec. Later, I
will capture direct from the VHS tape where I recorded it in EP mode with SVHS-ET option
feature on.
Unfortunately, after careful analysis, this broadcast was TEC and the usual IVTC process is
not aplicable. Other elaborate ivtc type methods are required to restore back to film 24p or
close to it. The source is a mixture of Telecine and Progressive/Dup frames.
.
I also have it on Commercial DVD.

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