Annoying semi-letterbox format on main freeview channels
 

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:20:25 -0700, Boltar
wrote:

When I do that it either, depending on the option, distorts the
picture or chops the sides off. Hardly ideal. Wouldn't it be better if
the broadcasters broadcast 4:3 on normal TV channels and left the
wannabe cinematic stuff to any HDTV channels that come along?

So you chopping the sides off is "hardly ideal", but yet that's what
you want the broadcasters to do...?

Charlie
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Annoying semi-letterbox format on main freeview channels
 

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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:17:55 -0700, Boltar wrote:

On 15 Jul, 17:30, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:
surprised if the majority of households don't have a widescreen
set for at
least their main TV.

Are you for real? I don't know a single person who owns a
widescreen TV. Where do you live , Sloane Square?

B2003

I don't know a single person who doesn't have a widescreen TV.

I bought mine back in 1997.

It must have been exciting waiting to a widescreen program to be
broadcast, still I am sure it impressed the neighbours nonetheless.
Did you have it on display in the window in your front room, or did
you parade
around town with it strapped to the top of your porsche?

I have a porsche and a bentley now?


I knew widescreen broadcasting was around the corner.

Also was buying a DVD player, that cost more than the TV!

I bought a Samsung 709 at the same time - £185 quid , and had an On-digital
box that had a reasonable amount of W/S programming.

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Annoying semi-letterbox format on main freeview channels
 

Owain wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
It's because black bars look f*cking ugly.
So you'll also hate Cinemascope films shown in their native format?

But wou'dn't "their native format" mean a Cinemascope-sized cinema screen?

Yup, now where can we get a *real* widescreen TV - now that would be
better 2.35:1 should do nicely.

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John.

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