Good Morning America HD - First Impressions

Well, it is good.
- Diana Sawyer is really good looking and Charles Gibson "still looks like the guy next door."
- Every shot that is in the studio is in HD; even the citywide shots use an HD camera high up on a skyscraper.
- Tony Perkins just admitted that he had to have his makeup airbrushed due to the HD; on the head shots you can tell they did a good job airbrushing.
- The Good Morning America weather had "bars" on the side
- Carlos Santana was incredible in the digital picture. It is nice to see they didn't fall for the cheesy pretty girl in HD routine.
- There are some hiccups in the sound when the show cuts back in from commercial.
- BAD TEETH! - Mr. Hartman, the first Good Morning America host
Here I was thinking, "great, they are trying to explain HD with gorgeous high definition clips and are saying how nice it is but most people will think that they are receiving HD on their normal set." Then they redeemed themselves by using a white mask and flipping to a higher quality picture that really did do a good job of simulating the difference. Now they are talking about how to receive and they nailed it. HD was just compared to filet-mignon and normal TV as hamburger and you will never go back to the hamburger.
Tony suggested he gets a job at Circuit City...I don't know about that, but it was good
Well the broadcast went off without a hitch. I am thoroughly impressed and am happy to see this day come. ABC is setting a precedent that the other major networks will have to follow. And you know what that means right?
MORE HD FOR ALL OF US!




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Creed Wyatt @ Nov 3rd 2005 11:48AM
GMA did not appear to be in HD on my local HD antenna this morning. I receive WFAA in Dallas. Any other similar stories from Dallas HD viewers?
Matt Burns @ Nov 3rd 2005 12:20PM
Dallas...Thats in the cental timezone right...Well the cental and mountain timezones are not going to be getting GMA in HD till febuary. Sorry.
http://www.hdbeat.com/2005/11/02/good-morning-america-starts-hd-tommorrow/
Andy @ Nov 3rd 2005 12:38PM
Yea I too found it a nice change. Those HD outdoor shots were fantastic. It made it all that much more tangible. It was funny noting Diane's lipstick mis-gloss at one point, or how they bar'd out the left and right during news feeds to block charlie at the table.
They've got a road to travel, I'm glad they've started the switch.
-a
sMoRTy71 @ Nov 3rd 2005 12:54PM
I had a similar take. Good overall. Still some minor things. Read my full post here:
http://www.smorty71.com/2005/11/gma-in-hd.html?tag=hdbeat
Eddie Gomez @ Nov 3rd 2005 9:04PM
I got some pics of the show in HD for those wondering what it looked like:
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For those of you in the mountain or central time zone I feel sorry that you have to wait till spring to get it.