What's happening at ABC TV Canberra weather?

In tonight’s broadcast, they displayed tonight’s minimum 3 times. First time (NSW map) they got it right (24 degrees), but the second (region map) and third (summary) they somehow had the minimum up to 27 degrees!

Ta, Sepi – I might get someone with greater expertise than I (ie gen Y!) to have a go at your suggestion!

Miz there should be two settings on your set top box – one does the tiny square inside the telly screen, and the other does a full screen square. As well as the wide screen settings.

Bureau of Meterology Canberra forecast it’s where most outlets source their weather data from, but then they manage to screw up the figures on the way to your TV set.

I do have a square old telly (ie not that newfangled rectangle shape) which is why I bought the damn set top box! Problem is, if I set the set top box display to show the whole rectangle-shaped picture, the image is way to small and the setting affects all the channels. As I said before, this only affects the ABC, the other channels are fine. Which is also annoying, as I watch ABC the most.

Maybe they should just put their subtitle headings in the centre of the screen instead of far-left alignment? or fix their signal so it is the same as the other channels?

The ABC News picture is fine on my HDTV, nothing obscured at all. I’d say it’s an issue with your TV’s settings, or your STB.

Does anyone know why the ABC picture cuts off the sides so that news headings and the logo thingy are half obscured (this is only thru the set top box, it’s perfectly fine on analogue), when the other channels manage to fit the whole picture on the screen without cutting off the edges?

im glad someone pointed out that the cuts to the ABC have meant that directors are running with very staff and in some cases, very little training.

give ’em a break and get over it…

its not like the people who’ve been making the mistakes dont know about it.

Well said, Gardening Girl.

as for the stuffups, it might be cost cutting, or some new system that as usual doesn’t work. Or they might just have an extended placement of work experience kids.

Vic Bitterman said :

You ABC mob seem very passionate.

If this was ch 9 or ch10 (the ones I usually watch, although ‘watch’ is a misnomer, I’m usually doing all sorts of stuff when the TV is on), I’d just say “Meh!” and move on.

Why the passion?

Serious question folks!!! 🙂

I don’t watch the ABC news all the time so I guess I’m not one of the ABC mob but speaking for myself the ABC news (and current affairs) has had the reputation of doing legitimate stories, not cluttered up with the latest celebrity exploits and funny videos, and also paying attention to things like getting foreign pronunciations right. I see the ABC as a genuine and reliable news service rather than the infotainment that passes for news on the commercial stations. It’s a worry when their standards show signs of slipping.