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I've never seen a reality show in HD. I always assumed it had something to do with the number of cameras required to catch all the action (ie...Big Brother with 46 cameras this last season). It's gotta be expensive to upgrade all that equipment to HD. Not to mention that they may not make HD cameras small enough to go some of the places they need to go.


I don't know what the broadcast industry is like in the US, but here in the UK all the kit is hired in for the show. I assume they either can't find a facilities company that has any availble or they've made a concious descision not to go HD.

Sony are now making HD block cameras which are very small but obviously not small enough. One issue with miniaturisation will be the optics which may be the sticking point.
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Andy M