Top BBC boss fired for being an idiot.

"Steve" wrote in message
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Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
Why are the BBC transmitting pictures with an black bar at the top
and bottom?
...don't feed the troll.

But you will starve!!

"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
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Lord Turkey Cough said the following on 13/06/07 00:00:
"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
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Lord Turkey Cough said the following on 12/06/07 16:27:
Why are the BBC transmitting pictures with an black bar at the top
and bottom?
This seems an insanely stupid thing to do.
If I wanted an ugly balck bar on my TV I could put one on
with a piece of black sticky tape, but obviously only someone who
was completely insane, a spoon short of a dinnerset, would do that?
So why do the BBC and some ITV do this?
Because they have more sense than one of the old film channels which
shows wide-screen films in wide-screen but reduced in size so that there
is a great big black border around the whole thing.


Err... is "Deal or No Deal" a film? Or Am I missing something?
Was not aware Eastenders was a film either.

Eastenders ? Deal or No Deal ? Have you been watching Three Days of the
Condor too often and reading something where there is nothing ? What is
Eastenders and Deal or No Deal, BTW ? Is that like 'car crash' tv ?

Well it's not a old fooking film filmed in a stupid format, they likle many
programs are made for TV and thus can be filmed such that my picture
does not look like a badly frmed picture.

Listen I pay a license fee, why should I have to put up with such
sub-standard
sh*it.Where is my representation, why can't I fire the morons in charge??
They are utterly useless and awarding themselves above infaltion pay risees
to boot.

I think I am going to trim a bit off my license fee, just 10% off each
end like the pictures they transmit.
I cant say faired than that can I.
They can take me to court for the rest if they like and prove what
uter w*nkers they are



--
"Initiative is punishable."
Russian business saying.

"Robert Wilson" wrote in message
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Dom Robinson wrote:
In article ,
says...
Why are the BBC transmitting pictures with an black bar at the top
and bottom?
This seems an insanely stupid thing to do.
If I wanted an ugly balck bar on my TV I could put one on
with a piece of black sticky tape, but obviously only someone who
was completely insane, a spoon short of a dinnerset, would do that?
So why do the BBC and some ITV do this?

Who was fired? You don't mention anyone.

I was predicting the future (I hope)


Cos he's a Troll that's why.

No it's just that you are a complete idiot.

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:22:39 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I'm sure you must realise that with both 4:3 and 16:9 screens in
widespread use, it isn't possible to fill both types of screen

Oviously a 5 year old would figure that.

perfectly with the same material, so rather than make every programme
twice

Only a complete idiot consider doing that, obviously.
Ther is a persectly obvious and sensible solution

I'm afraid there isn't one which is obvious to me, apart from the
compromise that is actually used (presumably in the hope that it will
be temporary). The only ideal solution is one kind of television
signal and one kind of screen on which to show it, but unfortunately
real life isn't ideal. We cannot ignore the fact that broadcast
television is not the only available source of material to show on
domestic screens, and the pictures are of several different shapes.

Rod.

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:33:05 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I think I am going to trim a bit off my license fee, just 10% off each
end like the pictures they transmit.
I cant say faired than that can I.
They can take me to court for the rest if they like and prove what
uter w*nkers they are

It's actually 6.25% off each end. You might as well end up in court
for the right amount, otherwise they could call *you* a ****** for not
knowing. Good luck with your case. If this newsgroup goes quiet, we'll
know where you are.

Rod.

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:22:39 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I'm sure you must realise that with both 4:3 and 16:9 screens in
widespread use, it isn't possible to fill both types of screen

Oviously a 5 year old would figure that.

perfectly with the same material, so rather than make every programme
twice

Only a complete idiot consider doing that, obviously.
Ther is a persectly obvious and sensible solution

I'm afraid there isn't one which is obvious to me, apart from the
compromise that is actually used (presumably in the hope that it will
be temporary). The only ideal solution is one kind of television
signal and one kind of screen on which to show it, but unfortunately
real life isn't ideal. We cannot ignore the fact that broadcast
television is not the only available source of material to show on
domestic screens, and the pictures are of several different shapes.

Thats rubbish


Rod.

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:33:05 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I think I am going to trim a bit off my license fee, just 10% off each
end like the pictures they transmit.
I cant say faired than that can I.
They can take me to court for the rest if they like and prove what
uter w*nkers they are

It's actually 6.25% off each end. You might as well end up in court
for the right amount, otherwise they could call *you* a ****** for not
knowing. Good luck with your case. If this newsgroup goes quiet, we'll
know where you are.



Yea Running the BBC


Rod.

"Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message
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"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:22:39 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I'm sure you must realise that with both 4:3 and 16:9 screens in
widespread use, it isn't possible to fill both types of screen

Oviously a 5 year old would figure that.

perfectly with the same material, so rather than make every programme
twice

Only a complete idiot consider doing that, obviously.
Ther is a persectly obvious and sensible solution

I'm afraid there isn't one which is obvious to me, apart from the
compromise that is actually used (presumably in the hope that it will
be temporary). The only ideal solution is one kind of television
signal and one kind of screen on which to show it, but unfortunately
real life isn't ideal. We cannot ignore the fact that broadcast
television is not the only available source of material to show on
domestic screens, and the pictures are of several different shapes.

Thats rubbish


Well you're posting in the digital tv group so I'll assume you have a
digital tv box. Go into the settings and choose 4:3 as the TV type and
magically all those black bars should dissapear. You may need to select
something like centre cut out or one of the 4:3 sub options but it should
work.

Unless you're trolling of course.


Rod.

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:25:44 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

Only a complete idiot consider doing that, obviously.
Ther is a persectly obvious and sensible solution

I'm afraid there isn't one which is obvious to me, apart from the
compromise that is actually used (presumably in the hope that it will
be temporary). The only ideal solution is one kind of television
signal and one kind of screen on which to show it, but unfortunately
real life isn't ideal. We cannot ignore the fact that broadcast
television is not the only available source of material to show on
domestic screens, and the pictures are of several different shapes.

Thats rubbish

Which particular bit of it do you think is rubbish?

Do you think it is rubbish to suggest that an ideal solution to your
problem would be the universal implementation of one type of
television signal and one type of screen? If all television signals
were designed for the same shape of screen, wouldn't that make the
black bands disappear?

Do you think it is rubbish to suggest that broadcast television isn't
the only material people watch on screens? If this is really what you
think, then I'm sure we can all provide examples to the contrary.

Do you think it is rubbish to say that amongst these various sources
of material the pictures are of different shapes? If so, you can
easily check the truth of the matter by simple observation.

If you want your opinions to be taken seriously, it would be helpful
to provide some clarification.

Rod.

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:37:29 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

I think I am going to trim a bit off my license fee, just 10% off each
end like the pictures they transmit.
I cant say faired than that can I.
They can take me to court for the rest if they like and prove what
uter w*nkers they are

It's actually 6.25% off each end. You might as well end up in court
for the right amount, otherwise they could call *you* a ****** for not
knowing. Good luck with your case. If this newsgroup goes quiet, we'll
know where you are.



Yea Running the BBC

I don't think they'd even let you *work* in the BBC if you don't pay
your licence. I used to work for them, and although I never saw it in
writing, it was generally understood that licence evasion was a
sackable offence. You might expect, as I did before joining them, that
BBC employees would be allowed to watch their own work without paying
towards their own wages, but sadly this is not the case. All we got
for free was a copy of the Radio Times.

Rod.