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Mythbusters HD preservation

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another Mythbusters idea ;D

...anyone, Mythbusters is filmed in HD. It airs on the Discovery Network in HD, but they only have released official DVDs (some season sets, some random sets). There is no plan at all for an official high definition release. ...which is a real shame, because a lot of the stunts and effects look great in HD.

What I'm wondering is did they all air in HD? I am pretty sure every episode was filmed in HD, but I'm not sure if they made it to HD channels. I have been able to collect everything from season 6 to present (at the end of season 8) in HDTV caps. I also have a handful of season 5 episodes, and one season 3 episode (likely a repeat which was capped in HD at a later date). Does anyone know if HD versions of seasons 1-4 ever made the rounds?

What would be sweet is if someone put together a massive AVCHD set of all the episodes.
 

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joe, do you know if seasons 1-4 made it to HDTV?
 

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I looked on NG, and only find a few episodes on series 5 and the rest were rips.
 

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Thats what I have found through my searching. I'm pretty sure that all episodes were filmed in HD. But it looks like they didn't actually start airing them in HD until season 6, with some repeats from season 5 being aired. I'm guessing this is about the time that HD cable streams started to be more common.

With luck older episodes will air as repeats in HD. I recently found an episode from season 3 (a holiday special) that reaired in HD. Does anyone have Discovery HD, and know if they air older episodes as repeats anytime?
 

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Mythbusters is airing in a full day marathon today on the Discovery Channel. If anyone has this channel in HD, today might be a good opportunity to get episodes from seasons 1-4 (if they air any).
 

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Just because it's being broadcast with an HD signal doesn't mean it was filmed in HD in the first place. Older stuff suddenly re-appearing in HD could just be the same content upconverted and possibly re-cropped to 16x9.
 

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I agree with you. But I have read from multiple sources that Mythbusters was shot completely in HD. Thats why this thread started...
 
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