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Every Big Brother Friday Night Live episode in Remastered HD (The 2005-2008 BB Special Show)
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bradnak
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These are all max 720p videos as far as I can see. Wasn't Ten HD broadcasting in 1080p Full HD even in 2005? @marquisite might know. Were these remastered into 720p from an SD source? And copyright issues notwithstanding.
fng episode hunter
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they were doing 576 digital from 2001 and were doing 720p HD from 2008. These are in 720p because they have been completely remastered from regular digital 576 and then turned into 720p using topaz labs ai. You could never make them 1080 because the amount of processing power and time would require a super PC. The computer used to make content this lengthy into 720 from 576 was already insanely powerful and took upwards of 13 hours to process each episode.
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fng episode hunter
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and there is no copyright on big brother uploads unless they are made public for the rightsholders to easily locate and erase. These are all unlisted. Meaning the youtube bots cannot detect them because bb aus eps aren't in that recognition system and the rights holders also cannot detect them because they can't find the episodes easily. I would have just made them public but I figured I'd share them here as they can easily be taken down for copyright if they were public videos...
Cadbury
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Thanks for uploading these. They look quite good. Not overly processed looking like some videos that go overboard with the 4K upscaling for SD content. Back in the day I had taped the finales of 2004 and 2005. I had the cassettes sitting in storage until last year when I opened the box and found they had gone mouldy. It's a shame because I would have digitised them.
I think I'd rather rewatch every episode from Seven back to back than every episode, or indeed any episode, of FNL again. Really was the worst element of the show on Ten.
That said really appreciate the effort people have gone to over the years to preserve Big Brother episodes. If it wasn't for people doing so unofficially they'd pretty much be erased from history given other than BBUSA most versions haven't made their archive available through official channels.
That said really appreciate the effort people have gone to over the years to preserve Big Brother episodes. If it wasn't for people doing so unofficially they'd pretty much be erased from history given other than BBUSA most versions haven't made their archive available through official channels.
Ten HD launched in December 2007 (TV Tonight).
Sort of related, in 2006 the BBAU control room received an upgrade, IIRC to make it HD capable. You can see below the control room differences from 2005 to 2006 - in 2006 it was time to go, CRTs.
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fng episode hunter
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No worries. Yea the person who upcaled them is very experienced with how to get the settings just right.
You could still try digitizing those if you have the VHS tapes. Mouldy tapes sometimes still work in a VCR.
fng episode hunter
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Fair enough. As someone who was a young kid when those FNL seasons aired, I was far more interested in that than watching people live in a house. That's why FNL is far more worthy of being preserved in a higher res for me than the actual episodes of big brother. (Even though as the years have gone on I've seen quite a few eps of regular BB)
Also, sadly a lot of the foreign versions of big brother may actually be lost as I was told by someone who worked on various seasons of the show in a few countries that it is never archived by the people who make it.
Fans have had to archive them and their recordings are unfortunately the only versions remaining of the show to date...
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fng episode hunter
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it was also time to go gretels cheeks....
Yea you really can tell the difference in quality from the 05 season and the 06 season. The show definately has a better picture to it in 2006.
fng episode hunter
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Nah that's all good. I'm wasn't all that knowledgeable about it until recently....
fng episode hunter
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No problem. Yea unfortunately I do not have those copies... The file sizes were too big for a full season to ever be sent through.
fng episode hunter
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No worries. I'm more than happy to share them. The vhs recording of the fnl finale from bb07 sounds interesting. Did it have it's commercials?
BB12
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Yup, I got the entire tape digitised, and I haven't edited anything out.
fng episode hunter
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Is it easy to share online? say on a google drive or something. And do you have the file saved somewhere that is easily accessible?
I ask because I'm always looking for FNL shows with their ads as they are extreamly difficult to come across.
Zao Yang
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We loved friday night live over here in australia, stick to pommy big brother mate.
truly an insult that you'd willingly choose to watch channel seven’s uninspired, garbage housemate basement games over fnl.
FNL was always really liked in my household. Other than my mother (a very passionate BB purist) who did not really care for it, but my sister really enjoyed it so she would watch with her. When we watched all of the series on a binge she would make us skip FNL though.
FNL is probably the first thing that comes to mind whenever a Gen Z viewer is asked about the show. Yes I do agree that it has nothing to do with the actual premise of the show, it was still a bit of fun to add in. And I personally really enjoyed Mike, Bree and Fitzy on the panel. An extra live show added to the event feel and it was another opportunity to discuss the show and interview evictees.
I do not expect it to make a return next year, you'd think it would have been confirmed during the upfronts, but BB returning home to TEN seemed far fetched in itself, so who knows what will be done? But if TEN were willing to add it into their schedule then it would be a big win for them on Friday nights. It's guarenteed to rate well. And what does TEN even show on Friday nights atm?
If it were to come back it would be great to see Mike, Bree and Fitzy all back. I very much doubt it, but how cool would it be?! But then again we don't even know if Mike is coming back. I personally am in favour of FNL But IDK if the poltical climate of 2025 could handle the controversial jokes that were said during FNL back in the day, it would definitely need to be workshopped.
FNL is probably the first thing that comes to mind whenever a Gen Z viewer is asked about the show. Yes I do agree that it has nothing to do with the actual premise of the show, it was still a bit of fun to add in. And I personally really enjoyed Mike, Bree and Fitzy on the panel. An extra live show added to the event feel and it was another opportunity to discuss the show and interview evictees.
I do not expect it to make a return next year, you'd think it would have been confirmed during the upfronts, but BB returning home to TEN seemed far fetched in itself, so who knows what will be done? But if TEN were willing to add it into their schedule then it would be a big win for them on Friday nights. It's guarenteed to rate well. And what does TEN even show on Friday nights atm?
If it were to come back it would be great to see Mike, Bree and Fitzy all back. I very much doubt it, but how cool would it be?! But then again we don't even know if Mike is coming back. I personally am in favour of FNL But IDK if the poltical climate of 2025 could handle the controversial jokes that were said during FNL back in the day, it would definitely need to be workshopped.