Its hella creepy how the eternal leaders just become bigger Imagine a U.S National TV brodcasting with George H.W. Bush’s face, as it slowly enlarges his face
Yep, it did - few years back they got some decommissioned stuff from Chinese national TV - and looks like they've learned how to use it. One thing that makes me laugh is that the reporters are holding wireless clip-on microphones in their hands instead of clipping them to their clothing or using standard microphones.
Watching a few of these now from various eras, the N. Koreans have pretty good music. If I recall, music class is mandatory & fairly intense over there. This shows if that is the case. Shame really because this music will never really ever go mainstream around the world as long as the nation remains as isolated as it is. Would love to see what they would be able to bring to the global music scene.
I've wondered about this too, but I think if North Korea ever opened up, they'd stop performing all of that traditional music because people wouldn't like it anymore. They'd find it old fashioned and repressive because it reminds them of the old repressive regime and people who like it would probably be mocked and ridiculed.
? The first track is easy-listening music that the west largely moved on from 30-40 years ago (look up James Last or something). The second is an orchestral arrangement of a national anthem, which the west has plenty of. The third is a marching band piece, which, again, the west has plenty of.
They already have digital TV but they broadcast both analog and digital signal since there's probably a lot of older TV sets since DPRK is not a rich country. But, in contrast, they also have the IPTV and VOD service (named Manbang).
Could you please write more about this? I suppose you mean the repeaters that re-broadcast the signal from Pyongyang to other areas, but - which gong do you mean and how is it used?
Hmm, the transmission is digital so it can't be due to signal strength or quality. I'm not sure, but I suppose it's caused by conversion between the satellite broadcast format and the format that is used to broadcast the transmission to a streaming platform. Could also be caused by a faulty phillips color palette generator in KCTV. When I'll have some free time I'll try to find more streams and compare whether that fault is present in all of them. AFAIK it's not present in 4:3 transmission. But it's a very good question and I have also been thinking about it, thanks for asking!
Is there anyone that would stream standard PAL 4:3 quality somewhere Someone close to the border that would hook their analog tv capture card to internet?
You can watch KCTV on the KCNAWatch website. There's also bunch of streams provided by the people who hooked their satellite receivers to HDMI grabbers and stream the signal on popular streaming platforms (that's the variant I use - you can find those streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page). You can also watch this via satellite, but you must have a specific antenna - which of much bigger than regular ones.
KCNA is streaming KCTV in standard definition, but KCTV also broadcasts in HD. As I've said earlier, you can find alternative streams - they've got better quality.
They've had it for a while, the song playing here is a brass version of "Are we living like in those days?" by the Wangjaesan Light Music Band, they have a few versions of this song too
You'll find current streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page. I've recorded one of them via ffmpeg utility. I don't record those streams anymore since last year because they've became choppy (the user which hooked their satellite receiver probably has poor reception) - so recording and uploading such poor quality source is useless. If those streams are improved or another HD source appears, I'll get back to preserving KCTV's testcards at least.
It seems like this is exactly the "Wangjaesan Light Music Band Version (Type II)" - you can also hear it in @user-yn9ki2gk3j's video "All Version Of Are We Living Like in Those Days? (From my collection)".
It depends. Sometimes KCTV broadcasts uninterrupted, especially when there is something special to broadcast, for example the information about COVID, death of the Leader, important changes, etc. But usually, during the day there is only a testcard.
@@SHoBBarMZThere are few channels but only KCTV is broadcasted abroad (you can look up some startups which were recorded with cell phones by tourists - Mansundae for example). KCTV is the main public channel, they have also Ryongnamsan - educational channel, Chenyug - sports TV and Mansundae - which broadcast entertainment content including foreign movies. But, of course, the content is broadcasted only for few hours a day, or on specific days.
Its hella creepy how the eternal leaders just become bigger
Imagine a U.S National TV brodcasting with George H.W. Bush’s face, as it slowly enlarges his face
Bush is worthless compared to Kim
I’d be laughing my ass off
I wonder how Trump or Biden would look 😂
I’m sure someone here can do that!!!
If the US had eternal leaders it would be Washington, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Kennedy and Regean
Finally they went HD 16:9
Imagine n. Koreans saying "WoW NoRtH KoReA Is AmAzInG" about this
@@marcopisco i will just say a dark humor LOL
🎉
Maybe 21:8 next
Thats was changed alao because they created their own dvb t2 receiver
KCTV got an update? Nice! Hope it keeps improving in quality!
Yep, it did - few years back they got some decommissioned stuff from Chinese national TV - and looks like they've learned how to use it. One thing that makes me laugh is that the reporters are holding wireless clip-on microphones in their hands instead of clipping them to their clothing or using standard microphones.
Nombre de ese canal de corea como se llama porfavor conteste
@@swendn KCTV.
Watching a few of these now from various eras, the N. Koreans have pretty good music. If I recall, music class is mandatory & fairly intense over there. This shows if that is the case. Shame really because this music will never really ever go mainstream around the world as long as the nation remains as isolated as it is. Would love to see what they would be able to bring to the global music scene.
Most their music has a propaganda message or is instrumental
Mrazish
I've wondered about this too, but I think if North Korea ever opened up, they'd stop performing all of that traditional music because people wouldn't like it anymore. They'd find it old fashioned and repressive because it reminds them of the old repressive regime and people who like it would probably be mocked and ridiculed.
? The first track is easy-listening music that the west largely moved on from 30-40 years ago (look up James Last or something). The second is an orchestral arrangement of a national anthem, which the west has plenty of. The third is a marching band piece, which, again, the west has plenty of.
Yeah the videos of tours there when they go to the schools the kids are all exemplary at the instruments theyre playing while still being very young
Fun fact : This is how this station signed up for decades. (The only major thing that changed was the test card in the beginning of the video.)
0:40 Oh Another version of "Are we living like in those days?"
Yes it is :D My favourite NK song :)
Finally a reliable news source!
Lol the sarcasm
Thanks for the update of the KCTV and thanks for telling me. 👍
The quality sure did improve!
By the time we have flying cars and fully capable ai robots the north koreans will be proudly discovering 4k and making a big deal out of it
They actually have HD, now?! Nice! 😀
damn I don't know NK have a good jazzy song 💀
It’s brainwashing too
@@peterounderfire9236 its just music bro.
@@9b5ait’s brainwashing music
There is actually a change that they are now broadcasting everyday from 9am to 10:45pm, when there is the first covid case. And it maybe maintained.
Looks they upgrade to HD clear as well for KCTV. Better than old version...
0:40 It almost sounds like Latin American music!
Lol the first two notes seemed like flamenco almost.
República Bolivariana de Corea del Norte
Aren't you dead?
Agreed
Democratico Corea Del Alta
We can clearly hear the influence of Alejandro Cao de Benos in this one :)
Imagine that KCTV has digital tv
In Wikipedia, I found that in North Korea, they still have analog tv
They already have digital TV but they broadcast both analog and digital signal since there's probably a lot of older TV sets since DPRK is not a rich country. But, in contrast, they also have the IPTV and VOD service (named Manbang).
The incredible thing is that they still use the gong to connect with the repeaters
Could you please write more about this? I suppose you mean the repeaters that re-broadcast the signal from Pyongyang to other areas, but - which gong do you mean and how is it used?
@@ventrillov3:20
Love the music 🎶
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I half-expect an announcer to cut into that intro music and thank everyone for shopping at Space K-Mart.
Better than the old one
Okay, Kim. That’s a little too close. Personal space man. Kim! KIM PLEASE BACK UP YOU’RE TOO CLOSE
(North Korea please don’t end me)
great quality
Well this goos bumping !
Where have you recorded KCTV HD? There is a website but there's only 4:3 SD.
So where can I watch 16:9 HD version?
There's an unofficial livestream of KCTV on a popular streaming platform. I've learned about that on Wikipedia.
It fits in my tv :D
Wow 1080p60, now thats pretty nice
Actually should be 1080p50 because North Korea uses PAL while 60 aka 59.94p was for NTSC/ATSC systems.
I favorite song
There may be a question, why is there a line distortion in the color box that should be light blue to pink to purple,
Hmm, the transmission is digital so it can't be due to signal strength or quality. I'm not sure, but I suppose it's caused by conversion between the satellite broadcast format and the format that is used to broadcast the transmission to a streaming platform. Could also be caused by a faulty phillips color palette generator in KCTV. When I'll have some free time I'll try to find more streams and compare whether that fault is present in all of them. AFAIK it's not present in 4:3 transmission.
But it's a very good question and I have also been thinking about it, thanks for asking!
watch in 144p for North Korean Experience
Is there anyone that would stream standard PAL 4:3 quality somewhere
Someone close to the border that would hook their analog tv capture card to internet?
kcna watch dot org (AFAIK)
finally FULL HD 1080P
3:35 what is that name of that music?
Song of General Kim Il Sung - the interval signal of the Voice of Korea radio. You can hear that song once more at 06:30.
Do you mind me asking where'd you get this?
From what i know KCTV can be accesed internationally cuz Satellite TV
You can watch KCTV on the KCNAWatch website. There's also bunch of streams provided by the people who hooked their satellite receivers to HDMI grabbers and stream the signal on popular streaming platforms (that's the variant I use - you can find those streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page). You can also watch this via satellite, but you must have a specific antenna - which of much bigger than regular ones.
@@ventrillov i watch KCNA's but yours seems to be in HD and in widescreen proportion while KCNA'S is a smaller scale viewing and is not in HD.
KCNA is streaming KCTV in standard definition, but KCTV also broadcasts in HD. As I've said earlier, you can find alternative streams - they've got better quality.
@@ventrillov is it live?
where do you get these videos from?
I've captured the KCTV, you can find the active streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page.
Idky but this keeps giving me ussr vibes
I found out the voice was earlier than the video
Wow that is good music
Nombre del canal como lo encuentro porfavor
KCTV
how does one get a rlly HQ KCTV stream?
You'll find current streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page.
What's the song of the testcard?
'Are we living like in those days'
@@kuechenchief much obliged
Chōson Technology 👌🇰🇵
Interesting music
Dont even know dprk have jazz💀
They've had it for a while, the song playing here is a brass version of "Are we living like in those days?" by the Wangjaesan Light Music Band, they have a few versions of this song too
Is that the Baedku Mountain?
yes (i think)
Yes it is. They always show Mt. Paektu during presentation of their leaders.
I think there's an audio failure in the video
Yup! And as far as I know, that was present in the source material :D
Definitely a technical error, as the audio is synchronized again at 6:21
4:21 This gives me nostalgia, and side note if you are communist and tries to reply this comment, then please don't kill me
anyone know the name of the song before 3:18
Are we living like in those days.
Yay hd 16.9
4:06 was creepy
In the country I'm from they used to Do The same thing
You mean Canada?
@@Tycini1 no
TH-cam dropped me The Barefoot Gen under this video...
I wonder how the author was able to record this? From satellite TV?
You'll find current streams on KCTV's Wikipedia page. I've recorded one of them via ffmpeg utility. I don't record those streams anymore since last year because they've became choppy (the user which hooked their satellite receiver probably has poor reception) - so recording and uploading such poor quality source is useless. If those streams are improved or another HD source appears, I'll get back to preserving KCTV's testcards at least.
4:20
The testcard song is same but it's different version.
It seems like this is exactly the "Wangjaesan Light Music Band Version (Type II)" - you can also hear it in @user-yn9ki2gk3j's video "All Version Of Are We Living Like in Those Days? (From my collection)".
My ring bell
the camera is still bad but i love this intro
Just like the Soviet Union’s Radio stations
they go on the air at 3pm?
Yup, 3PM on weekdays, 9AM and 3PM on sundays.
@@ventrillov 9AM sign-on is also used on the 1st, 11th and 21st days of each month, and even earlier in each leader's birthdays.
@@forind934 Thank you very much for this info!
They now air 8am-11pm/12mn since Mid-June 2022
and that is already 2 more hours compared to 2011/12...back then they began airing at 5pm
How they got 16:9 I just got 4:3 version
Another stream.
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4:22 this song reminds me of the mighty USA 🇺🇸
4:20 the Pitch Sounds Like Croatia
4:21 go
kctv startup 2023 even though nothing has changed?
Why not? :) I'll upload something when I finally adjust my recorder to the current KCTV schedule (can't catch up with the testcards).
North Korea Anthem 4:20
4:20 beri funi timestamp
대단한데...
감사합니다!
They literally have only changed clock letters since probably ever any TV.
This is the conservativeness I mean.
16/9
North Korea has fallen to the cult of wide screen :(
hmm… sounds a bit… mexican 👀
What are they watching before 15:00 ? Is it off during the day?
It depends. Sometimes KCTV broadcasts uninterrupted, especially when there is something special to broadcast, for example the information about COVID, death of the Leader, important changes, etc. But usually, during the day there is only a testcard.
@@ventrillov Thank you for explaining. Can I bother you to ask how many channels are active there and what are the programs?
@@SHoBBarMZThere are few channels but only KCTV is broadcasted abroad (you can look up some startups which were recorded with cell phones by tourists - Mansundae for example). KCTV is the main public channel, they have also Ryongnamsan - educational channel, Chenyug - sports TV and Mansundae - which broadcast entertainment content including foreign movies. But, of course, the content is broadcasted only for few hours a day, or on specific days.
ربي يعنيكم يا ختشون كوريا 😂😂
your lord doesn't exist