Aspect ratio

In message , Mark Carver
writes

The Beeb, and ITV for reasons best kept to themselves, refuse to use
Line 23 signaling on their analogue networks.

Yet, oddly, you sometimes see it appear on the DTT output.

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In article o.uk,
says...

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:19:09 -0000, Terry Casey wrote:

In fact, I can't ever remember missing an important part of the action
of a 16:9 programme because it took place at the (cropped) edge of the
screen ...

Most 16:9 orgination is still shot 14:9 safe...

But I was talking about viewing it as a 4:3 centre crop ...

(I've just tried deleting a colon at the end of that ellipsis twice - then found a fleck
of something stuck on the screen above the last full stop ...)

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Terry

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:19:09 -0000, Terry Casey
wrote:

In fact, I can't ever remember missing an important part of the action of a 16:9
programme because it took place at the (cropped) edge of the screen ...

IIRC last year's wimbledon was cropped to 4:3 for analogue and the
ball frequently was off screen and the stats were clipped.
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Terry Casey wrote:
In article o.uk,
says...
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:19:09 -0000, Terry Casey wrote:

In fact, I can't ever remember missing an important part of the action
of a 16:9 programme because it took place at the (cropped) edge of the
screen ...
Most 16:9 orgination is still shot 14:9 safe...

But I was talking about viewing it as a 4:3 centre crop ...

(I've just tried deleting a colon at the end of that ellipsis twice - then found a fleck
of something stuck on the screen above the last full stop ...)

I can't see it here..:

Bill

In article , says...

Terry Casey wrote:

(I've just tried deleting a colon at the end of that ellipsis twice - then found a fleck
of something stuck on the screen above the last full stop ...)

I can't see it here..:

Bill



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Terry

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
Graham. wrote:


Well you could reduce the picture height via the maintenance menu, or
in the case of a really old
set use a screwdriver in the appropriate preset pot.

Many TV sets of that era reduced the height automatically as they aged,
presumably anticipating 16:9.

Yes, my 1992 Sony had a 'scan crush' mode.

We had a set that was stuck on something like 48:9! Everything was like
dwarfs in a circus.

Sheila may not be happy about you using the word "dwarfs". I think that the
PC expression is "horizintially challenged persons". HTH.
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JohnT

In article , JohnT
wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
Graham. wrote:


Well you could reduce the picture height via the maintenance menu,
or in the case of a really old set use a screwdriver in the
appropriate preset pot.

Many TV sets of that era reduced the height automatically as they
aged, presumably anticipating 16:9.

Yes, my 1992 Sony had a 'scan crush' mode.

We had a set that was stuck on something like 48:9! Everything was like
dwarfs in a circus.

Sheila may not be happy about you using the word "dwarfs". I think that
the PC expression is "horizintially challenged persons". HTH.


I'm not happy either; "dwarfs" is a Disney word - the English word is
"dwarves". and shouldn't it be "vertically challenged"?

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"JohnT" wrote in message
...
: "Bill Wright" wrote in message
: ...

snip
: We had a set that was stuck on something like 48:9!
Everything was like
: dwarfs in a circus.
:
: Sheila may not be happy about you using the word "dwarfs". I
think that the
: PC expression is "horizintially challenged persons". HTH.

Err?...

But there again dwarf Sumo wrestlers might be something one would
see in a circus!
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"Steve Thackery" wrote in message ...
Jerry wrote:

The wide-screen aspect radio(s), like colour, were designed to be backwards compatible, many people in the UK are watching native
16:9 content on 4:3 sets.....

Certainly not those sets made before anamorphic transmissions began. They will inevitably display a 4:3 picture regardless,
giving a highly squashed picture.

I think Bose make wide-screen radios ;-)

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Graham.

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JohnT wrote:

We had a set that was stuck on something like 48:9! Everything was
like dwarfs in a circus.

Sheila may not be happy about you using the word "dwarfs". I think that
the PC expression is "horizintially challenged persons". HTH.

I would have thought that dwarves were vertically challenged persons.
Horizontally challenged persons could be either very thin or very fat, I
suppose.

On a slightly different subject, I wonder if the German Nazis adopted
the straight arm salute because the angle subconsciously reminded them
of an erect penis?

Bill