Its all you would think this “community” of britain is now made up of, if this “community channel” is in anyway representative now, india this, china that, housing projects for ex offenders, according … to how this channel represents us, thats what the community is now in this culture. Jesus christ it makes you want to vomit, how we have this endlessly multi-culturalist overseas gazing, foreign loving serving and promoting bullshit propaganda rammed down our throats from the comfortable media types, to reflectively represent our supposed fing “community” back at us today. When you look into the mirror that supposed to reflect the british cultural community, all you see is everything but it. The media has been trying to program us with it for sixty odd years, Englishness is a happy clappy community of world peoples all living together in harmony ?!?! fucking not ! and whose expense was this at ? the english disenfranchised, and who, was this cultural experiment instigated by, without reference too or referendum given once, to the people it was going to affect, that comfortable class of political assholes who had power in the 50′s and 60′s, and it became so enshrined and unquestioned, that since then it has never been questioned as policy until its too late to do anything about, england committed cultural suicide. I just happen to be one of the generation who are old enough in this current time, to see the whole change and grow disdainful of the programming, which now leads to my own extinction. Never beleive in any sense of country or identity in this country, because if you live in england it will be used against you.

Fuck this channel it makes me so angry beyond dimension, community today is a word used to manipulate and further batter the beleaguered native peoples of this island into an endless self prostration and worship of that which isn’t british, let alone english, at every turn. In London today there are so few English people left, and resident, in the area I live, as to make their presence a token afterthought, a few old half dead ignorant, ill educated, unhealthy old people waiting for their place in the queue to an unattended co-op incineration.

This multi-cultural experiment has almost killed any sense of “community” in England. I wonder whether those who immigrated over the last 60 years, to this now fucked up country, and took whatever the already disenfranchised no voice native peoples had left from them, ever paused to think of what damage theyre presence might be doing to those classes who already had no voice and no power, I doubt they paused for even a moment as to whether presence might outcompete, and drown away a voice only just finding it feet from a thousand years of unjust and practically unchecked feudal and class privilege and stratification, as with all human beings who only seem able to concentrate on their personal well being and situation, I doubt they even stopped for breath, and comtemplated the impact on this native culture and its fragile cohesion. They were here for one thing, the ludicrous concept of approved off segregative multiculturality and the welfare and materialistic benefits of moving to a western civilised nation ? and now we must live in one of the most fractured cultures in europe, where only the filthy media can manage to programatically paint over the population, a thin veneer of happy clappy multicultural shine, over the deep dark well of discontent and distrust that now marks our culture, which in endless denial we refuse to recognise.

And Europe ? that rubbish just allows the more self agrressive commercialist types, self promotional internationally minded, culturally non denominational self servers, to roam further and abuse those less self agrandising gentler types in other nearby lands, I don’t Identify with that either.

I do on the other hand Identify with all the native peoples of the world and their fundamental right to maintain theyre own cultural identity whatever it maybe, determine the direction of their own culture, so as to enhance and maintain that beneficial biodiversity of human cultural groups. But the culture of the country of england is being slowly and inexorably overwritten by a culture of, approved of class replacement with foreign people. By a class who as of yet, have not had to compete with, or pay the price of such immigration, that they approved of and legislated for.

Community there is no “community” in England here anymore, Oh theres ethnic minority community representation and religious community representation, and sexual community representation and other such inhuman masonic groups serving there own self benefit, but is the english native community represented fairly by politics and government from within that maelstrom of speratist voices ? in my opinion that hasnt occured for sixty years.

This would be ok except whoever is operating this effect seems to get carried away with its intensity to the extent of darkening horizon buildings and making the shot in general look artifical. If you want a wider tonailty than CCD’s are currently offering either buy better cameras.

One solution would be to film at a double frame rate, with each alternate frame exposed differently to capture a wider tonal range and then combine the frames.

Or alternately just be a liitle more sparing with the intensity of the effect.

Even the Midwich Cuckoos didn’t try and push the concept of the all the children in the world being affected. I mean at least try and put some believe-able elements in the story, its the over-inflated distended nature of everything they do, its so childish and american, And the main actor bringing his sexuality into the show, promoting man couples to the youth of today, really makes you want to vomit. The Rupesh recruitment scene is vomit worthy, the welsh loud gwen totty reinforcing the idea of a big paycheck, being such a laudable quality in a “childrens show” ? well I guess people who work in the media wouldn’t be able to filter that one, from a moral perspective.

I wish we could get eisenhower to interject with some sane view here, about the unchecked “military industrial complex” such as torchwood really represents a large promotion of, to the minds of the young. Who can only be the target audience of this show. Though I fear like Harry Potter and Northern Lights this shit is aimed at the new sector of the public we’ve been breeding over the last 20 years, who are somewhere between adults and children, but are most often actually between 20 and 50 years old. Rupesh spouting “it’s alright, it’s alright, im a doctor” when all the kids in the world scream, as if that line means anything much anymore. The only realistic lines might be the accurate portrayal of an ineffectual civil service saying things like “can we leave it for now”, “can you set up an auto reply”, “hes not seeing anyone at the moment”, “i dont know who that it is, im new”.

The welsh actress Gwen Cooper seems to be prostituting her welsh accent for cash here as hard as Ruth Jones with her tongue in her cheek, who at least recognises she’s making comedy, surely they can get better welsh actors than this ? or perhaps no respectable actor would touch this show, Oh and the portrayal of the bumbling boob of a welsh hubbie.

Jack harkness being an immortal Gay and being a dad as well as in a gay relationship with the second lead straight man, bent by supergays powers of attraction ?, surely that is every gay mans internal fantasy acted out right there, the ever youthfull immortal gay super man, who also has been a dad and married and has kids hes not responsible for. I didn’t realise it was the responsibility of writers to attempt to fill out the character fantasy of the actors themselves.

Some of the episode specific actors do a better job than the main actors in this episode, though most of them look like they really need the money, and are doing this twoddle to pay the bills. Though they’re deliberatley padding out, what should basically be a 1 hour drama distended into a five parter for gods sake, using allot of personal interplay scenes and romance subplots no sane individual could give a shit for, of the same kind of quality as that other great BBC british soap manure pile designed for the daytime TV morons of the UK “Doctors”. Jeesh well episode one is over, and all I could do is force my way through it, so as to extract the maximum sneer-joy from the grotesue abomination this is.

No doubt Jack Harkness Supergay will after being blown up, somehow return to torture us next episode, as I doubt he can get work elsewhere, and the beeb couldn’t unemploy the immortal fucker, otherwise they’d appear to be discriminatory or something, its probably just easier for them to keep giving him, his own show like this.

Verdict nil pois : if you are over 9 years old, you are not allowed to watch this immature rubbish, you should by all rights have grown beyond it by now, and if you are watching it, your merely trying to cling to some childish immaturity for the sake of it.

You didn’t discover anything except that money can provide a better life for you, compared to 95% of the population, and its the poor cunt’s in telly viewer land who have to listen to you drivel on about it. Well admitadly I chose to watch, but really the tv license payers tax, should at least be wasted on drivel that has more depth to it, than this shallow self congratulatory fiesta, after all its probably that license payers fee that has mainly paid for your little idyll. And housewives in essex who wish to dabble in interior design for a while, who go out and blow money on books, with your floppy haired gormless listless face, stairing self promoting stylee from the front of them.

At the end of the episode he try’s to draw a verbal conclusion of what he’s learnt through the program, only to contradict himself about three times over, wasting the point of having opened his mouth in the first place, he starts banging on with a montage about how its the people which are the idyll and then ending by saying its this and making a glance to a scene he’s drawing badly. His point comes across as limp and ill conceived. He’s living proof of how it is more important to be a floppy louche douche talking rubbish with some kind of silly recognisable characture appearance, than it is to be in any way intelligent or salient, if you wish to make it in the media

Couldnt agree with you more ian , the quality of the picture of some of these releases is appalling. especially the older films, I think they spend little money to ensure the quality of them, Hd for them is just a way of coining extra revenue. It seems that they will colour correct and noise remove as these can be automated very sucessfuly, but they wont go to the stage automated dust and scratch removal or at worst manual dust an scratch removal.

Some of the films dont look like they were cleaned before they were digitised, Also why is it they never seem to archive the original print after release for just the purpose of restoration at some point later, some of the dust in the terminator 1 release looks like it came direct from being run a thousand times in a cinema. Digital restoration is now fully capable of producing amazing results it just seems they dont want to spend the money on it ? Also these films highlight how the age of some these cameramen often meant they couldnt get the camera subject in focus half the time too, thats unions sometimes, with any camera theryre should be an assistant with sharp eyesight as a focus checker on all shot, so the subject at least when intended to be is in focus

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your email, which I have been asked to respond to. I am very sorry for the excessive delay in doing so.

We note your comments, but I am afraid it would not be appropriate to comment in detail on your points at this stage. As part of our digital dividend review (DDR), Ofcom is currently considering the options for the future use of the transmission spectrum which will be released as a result of digital switchover in the UK, when analogue TV services will be switched off. There are many potential applications for this spectrum, one of which is terrestrial high definition television. Each potential application has its own costs, complexities, and benefits (both to the UK economy and to society at large). One of our regulatory principles is that, in general, the most efficient use of spectrum is likely to be achieved by allocating it using market mechanisms, and that we should seek to liberalise access to spectrum on this basis. Put simply, we do not believe that Ofcom, as the regulator, can know the ‘best’ use for a particular piece of spectrum.

A summary of our DDR proposals is available on our website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/ddr/summary/, and high definition HDTV is discussed in more detail in the full consultation document at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/ddr/ddrmain.pdf (particularly section 4.24 onwards and 6.133 onwards).

The first phase of public consultation on the DDR was carried out earlier this year, and last week we announced that we will be carrying out further qualitative and quantitative market research on the various possible uses of the digital dividend spectrum. We will issue further proposals during the coming months, which will also be available on our website.

I would also stress that the DDR in no way rules out the possibility of HD services being broadcast on Freeview: While the initial consultation document does not propose to reserve spectrum exclusively for HD broadcasting, we do propose to package the available spectrum in such a way that it could be used for TV services (whether these be high definition or standard definition). Therefore the broadcasters would be free to seek access to this spectrum in the same way that any other potential user would be. Furthermore, a direct consequence of digital switchover is that the capacity of the existing six Freeview multiplexes will increase, and we believe that a number of HD channels could be accommodated on the existing six Freeview multiplexes without requiring additional spectrum to be reserved.
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The current situation in which we are going to have to wait several years for analogue switch because of some time schedule set previously, seems archaic before HD freeview services can be offered in the uk. It seems to me the lack of flexibility set out by the original timetable is stifling the possibility of HD freeview now, which is fully technically possible.

1. The main generator of Hd broadcast content/programs paid for by the licence fee is obviously the BBC, they currently are offering this improved quality HD content generated by the licence fee, through other peoples commercial services namely SKY’s services and other cable providers etc, these customers who pay for these services get this HD content for free I imagine. Yet this HD content is not equally available to the majority of BBC customers who pay the licence fee, this situation is not in the publics interest ? And needs to be remedied ?

2. The argument that analogue services need to be turned off completely before any HD services can be offered is also weak. In the sense that trials of HD freeview in london were very successful ? And did not interfere greatly with current broadcasting ? Why these trials cannot be extended and widened i’m not sure. Its not as if the turnoff of country wide, of analogue television transmissions will occur simultaneously anyway ? Nor will the general public receive HD freeview rollout simultaneously either ? The parity of quality of service for various tv-licence payers has rarely been equal ? Ie the number of areas even now that have low quality freeview reception has not even yet been properly tackled ? Television transmission operating licences should be offered not just on a purely commercial basis of how much someone will pay for it. but also on the basis of what percentage of the customer base will they will promise to provide to, perhaps like the post office, that all addresses shall be offered the same service ? From a practical point of view simultaneous countrywide rollout of any service will delay its implementation, in my opinion it is in the best interest of the public, to make the provision of HD services available as soon as possible and if that means that some areas get HD first, then this will enduce competition for other areas to provide it sooner.

3. Even without analogue television turnoff, the bandwidth within the available currently allocated digital freeview spectrum is such, that some low quality mpeg2 encoded tv channel licences could be revoked in the public interest(say the removal of 6 of the worst channels), this could free up enough channel bandwidth within the current freeview setup to provide at least 2 HD mpeg4/H264 channels on freeview right now ? Depending on the quality of the HD channel and the fact that Mpeg4 H264 encoding is so efficient in comparison to the original freeview video format mpeg2, it might only take up 2 to 3 ordinary freeview channels, to offer 1 full quality HD one, dependant on quality,

4. Also I have a question as regards the HD compression quality trials that were conducted toward the end of the BBC HD freeview trial, was it made sure that the 410 trialists who were asked theyre opinion on the quality of the viewable HD signals were doing so on a fully HD capable television, as most of the public has been duped into buying televisions not fully 1920x1080p or even 1080i compatible in terms of their native resolution ie the top quality and best candidate for true HD? As such theyre opinions which will be deciding what quality of compression we get in the future on Hd freeview channels may be made on a very poor basis ? And from a providers point of view the harder the HD mpeg4 is compressed the more channels they can fit into a transport stream theyrefore more advertising and more potential profit for them, theyre are many issues at the moment with the current mpeg2 freeview setup where people were/are over compressing channels, lowering the quality of the broadcast, to some extent ofcom should provide rules about the the supposed resolution of the content but also rules about bitrate and compression within the HD standard to make sure we are actually receiving HD quality standards when theyre are offered or even for that matter pal quality with the current freeview standard, Quite a few people have complained at the quality standard of some of the HD content offered by sky for instance as it is possible to over compress HD to such an extent that you lower the visible viewable spatial resolution of the video on the television viewed, below that of the supposed actual resolution of the HD standard. And this can be further compounded as mentioned earlier by televisions that don’t support true HD (1920x1080p) or worse another old broadcasting anachronism that should be dealt a final death blow in any new HD standard : interlacing ?

5. I personally certainly think it is the remit of ofcom to try and obtain on the publics behalf the best possible freeview broadcasting it can ?, and if possible why not insist that UK broadcasters lead the world in HD freeview broadcasting ? This would certainly show that ofcom really are working in public interests, to encourage the technological excellence of broadcasting offered to the UK public. Instead of lagging behind the rest of the world.

6. The sale and marketing of mpeg4 H264 compatible HD capable freeview receivers needs a period of time to become established in the publics imagination, the sale of these devices needs to start now if the quantity is to be available for the supposed official launch of these HD freeview services sometime after analogue switch off process in the future. At the moment sky and cable providers are making a killing by getting people to pay for HD services, which are own spectrum is perfectly capable of providing, right now. The public in general may not understand the technicalities of the situation, but this should not be used as a reason for them to be duped into paying extra money for HD services above and beyond the licence fee cost. The environmental impact of late HD freeview rollout, will be a further spurt in growth of satelite dishes adorning buildings across the land, and a further dimunution in the relevance of public sponsored broadcasting, versus private commercial services SKY et al.

The spectrum available for transmission upon, is something the public still own, and through licensing the use of spectrum we should negotiate the best services via it, and at the moment there is too much lag occuring in the provision of the best quality services.

Logos like the follwoing do not guarantee 1080p capability :

let me go out on a limb and actually tell you which computer screen is worth buying and which isnt !
After a heavy period of research on the subject I myself purchased, and I can recommend without hesitation the Dell 24″ 2407fpw for £606.00 including delivery.

I actually own the Dell 2406fpw last years model, nigh on identical to this years the 2407fpw, I have to say it’s the best monitor ive ever owned, and the only one on the market that covers all the bases. no regrets with this purchase unlike all this non 1080 HD ready 40″ plasma rubbish everyones been falling for with worse specifications and not full resolution. dear oh dear. Ok if your looking telly wise for hi def and you need bigger than 24″ ie for a lounge scenario etc, then obviously this computer monitor ive just recommended is not your first choice, but rules 1 and 2 above still apply if your buying a hi def telly of whatever size.

this logo does mean a device is capable of 1080p :

When i originally created this post many many moons ago there werent that many 1080p resolution displays theyre now are, obviously if you want more detail on the HD standard visit wikipedia here