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Has the series been filmed in HDTV since 2003 (i.e. the very first episodes)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.53.141.129 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

During one of their special episodes, Adam Savage mentioned that they switched to HD digital cameras sometime (he mentioned when, I think) after the Knight Rider episode. Prior to that they were using regular broadcast-quality videotape cameras. Nutster (talk) 15:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a caveat. Discovery didn't start airing HD until '06 and the show started in '03. When you watch past episodes before the switch, the show is presented in a letterbox widescreen on a 4:3 frame. From what I can tell from shots within the show, the handheld cameras do not look like HD models and since it's nearly a decade ago now I highly doubt they are. But... why would they letterbox the show to begin with? I can't say for sure on the DVD releases but on streams about 98% of the episodes are letterboxed and only one from pre-06 that I saw was cropped to widescreen.JdkWiki (talk) 14:02, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is Unchained Reaction really related?

I noticed today that Unchained Reaction was listed as a related show to our beloved Mythbusters. Is it really? Yes, I realize it has the same hosts (mostly), but does having the same hosts make it a related show? If so, then Punkin Chunkin should be listed as related as well. Actually, I don't think either show (Unchained nor Chunkin) should be listed as related to Mythbusters. In fact, during episodes of Unchained Reaction, it seems like the people on the show go out of their way to not say "Mythbusters" in any of the dialog nor show anything related to it in locations (like the video room supposedly in San Francisco). Is there a stronger case for relating the shows than just having the same hosts? Nutster (talk) 15:09, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The instructions for {{Infobox television}} say that the |related= field is for "remakes, spin-offs, adaptations for different audiences, etc." Unchained Reaction doesn't fall into that category so it shouldn't be listed. --AussieLegend (✉) 15:40, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 Has the series been filmed in HDTV since 2003 (i.e. the very first episodes)? {{unsigned|79.53.141.129|22:53, 29 October 2012‎ (UTC)}}
 : During one of their ''special'' episodes, Adam Savage mentioned that they switched to HD digital cameras sometime (he mentioned when, I think) after the '''Knight Rider''' episode.  Prior to that they were using regular broadcast-quality videotape cameras. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 15:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
+: Here is a caveat.  Discovery didn't start airing HD until '06 and the show started in '03.  When you watch past episodes before the switch, the show is presented in a letterbox widescreen on a 4:3 frame.  From what I can tell from shots within the show, the handheld cameras do not look like HD models and since it's nearly a decade ago now I highly doubt they are.  But... why would they letterbox the show to begin with?  I can't say for sure on the DVD releases but on streams about 98% of the episodes are letterboxed and only one from pre-06 that I saw was cropped to widescreen.[[User:JdkWiki|JdkWiki]] ([[User talk:JdkWiki|talk]]) 14:02, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 == Is Unchained Reaction really related? ==