# Survivor Finale - 5/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948 "2008-05-11T20:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/101 "2008-05-13T22:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Hey, **rockle** … MONKEYS!!! 😉 [/QUOTE] Monkey be damned! SURFING HIPPOS!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/102 "2008-05-13T23:14:34Z")
Anybody think there was an outside shot that the second Survivor couple was Natalie and Parv? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/103 "2008-05-13T23:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] Unfortunately for me, life interfered with my reality TV schedule and I kind of … fell off the grid this season (that’ll teach me to become a mom during sweeps month), but did I hear correctly? Next season will be in high definition? Because I will TOTALLY start looking into a nanny and/or earlier bedtime for the baby if that is the case. [/QUOTE] Just get an HD TiVo. You not only won’t need a nanny or to change the baby’s bedtime, but you’ll be able to watch the hippos surf in HD over and over. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/104 "2008-05-14T01:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Monkey be damned! SURFING HIPPOS!! 😛 [/QUOTE] I went to the CBS website just so I could watch the surfing hippos again. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/105 "2008-05-14T01:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=CapnPitt] Anybody think there was an outside shot that the second Survivor couple was Natalie and Parv? 🆒 [/QUOTE] Natalie. 😃 CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/106 "2008-05-14T02:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Roadfood] Just get an HD TiVo. You not only won’t need a nanny or to change the baby’s bedtime, but you’ll be able to watch the hippos surf in HD over and over. [/QUOTE] _Hippos and monkeys and surfing … oh my!_ Suddenly, I am ever-so-grateful that we got the HD DVR when we had the money. Honestly, I have no idea how we lived without it for so damn long. We were practically uncivilized! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/107 "2008-05-14T05:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] **John Mace** , do you have a cite that they have been promising HD for a few seasons? I never heard about it was when it was announced at the NAB 2008 show. [Read it here](http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6550937.html) [/QUOTE] What!? XDCAM HD? I thought they were doing real HD, not 1440 4:1:1! I will not accept subsampled surfing HD hippos, dammit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/108 "2008-05-14T11:11:39Z")
According to [Sony](http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-PDW700/), it does 1080, 16:9. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/109 "2008-05-14T14:41:05Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] According to [Sony](http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-PDW700/), it does 1080, 16:9. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but its 1440 width, aspect expanded to 1920, so it’s not full horizontal resolution. And its 4:1:1 [chroma subsampling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:1:1). All of which is not really a problem, I’m just playfully bitching about what passes for “HD”. Personally, I think they should shoot everything on a [Red](http://www.red.com/cameras) (then downsample to “HD” res), for those true 12-bit hippos. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948/110 "2008-05-14T15:02:26Z")
Well, jees, whaddaya expect for 30 grand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-5-11/448948.md?page=5)