One week from tonight NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams will make its much-anticipated high-def debut, becoming the first evening news program to make the HD jump. Borrowing technology and lessons from both the Today Show and Saturday Night Live, NBC is putting the final touches on camera and set upgrades, with one of the major details being how to deal with 4:3 standard-def footage from the field (they'll either upconvert it or put it in regular format with "graphic wings" on each side to fill in the widescreen).
There are no specific timeframes for either the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric or ABC's World News Tonight with Charles Gibson to begin broadcasting in HD, although producers for both programs are currently evaluating their options.
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Its great to see NBC make this change. Almost all prime time tv has moved to the new format and almost all sports venues as well.
Let's hope advertisers keep up. Network advertising is not cheap and when done in low def is a waste of money.
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