HiDef post production isn't necessarily where it should be either... and there is still transfer rate issues on storage media on non-linear suites. Yes, the good stuff is out there, no, not everyone has it.

The reason sports broadcasts look so good is they're live - signal from camera (to FramStor/TBC) (to upstream graphics) to switcher (to DSK) to the station to distribution.

Bren R.