07-06-2012, 15:27
(07-06-2012 11:54 )dirk362 Wrote: [ -> ]...for weeks now there's been interference on the video picture (but not on the advert graphics between the shows). It's like a wind storm cutting across at around 40degrees. Difficult to really show this, but it's plain to see when you watch the show.
Totally agree dirk362, very frustrating. It's like watching a VHS recording where the tracking is slightly off. And I also agree it seemed to coincide with the new OSG's, although I have noticed a worsening of late. Today's picture quality is the worst I've seen.
I don't usually post unaffected caps [because mine are DVD caps, as opposed to webstream ones] but I think I should here to show the difference in quality. This is a cap from June 2011 of Kirsty-Louise on Club Paradiso...
Pretty good. It's always going to be slightly brighter from the .vob file but the lighting is good, skin tone is decent and the pixelation was one of the best on the babe channels. Jump forward to March 2012 with Aimee Lou, before the graphics changed but after it had become Storm...
The skin tone is not as rich but I can work with that. And the .wmv file [video file] would be about right. Now, here's an unaffected cap of Elle taken from last week's show...
I'm really not sure what I can do with that one. The pixelation is really bad, the skin tone is awful [and nothing like what Elle's real skin tone is like, even though her oriental skin is a little pale at times] and the lighting is creating a two-tone effect, where her legs are probably about right but her top half is very pale indeed. Later on in the show she switched round her position and her legs were a lot lighter than her face so it must be the lighting, not Elle. Also, notice the green strip down the left edge. There's a purple one on the other side but I cut it out [force of habit!]
I also wanted to add that I am not a regular complainer on this forum. I don't have a vendetta against the channel or think the shows are "boring as f*ck". Personally, considering the content is free to air and, if I want unmitigated excitement, I'll go watch Internet porn - I think the channels are about good enough for my liking. But a channel producing live tv, that used to get it so right, should at least be able to do the basics.
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