I'm beginning to believe that because I only watch in SD, I get the 4:3 versions usually, whereas if I had an HD set-up I'd get it in widescreen. I know that's the usual state of play in the US, but in the UK the two are not necessarily related.
Anyway, I believe it's widescreen from here on in. Adam On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:04 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > It may just be the trans-Atlantic transmission. I'm not aware that > there were any games in SD only this season, and the only ones that I > can remember in SD for the previous couple seasons were ones which > weren't expected to be very competitive or have big audiences and fell > during the time of year when baseball, pro football, and college > football caused a lack of mobile HD production equipment. > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 09:48, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The good folk here might be able to answer this. >> >> Sky Sports in the UK (think ESPN) shows NFL in the UK, and the >> coverage is pretty good with all the NBC, ESPN and NFL Network games, >> as well as a choice of two games from CBS/Fox each Sunday for early >> and late starts. >> >> But all the regular season games are in 4:3 aspect ratio, whereas now >> we're post-season, they're suddenly widescreen. Is it just something >> to do with the feed the NFL/host broadcasters upload for our >> consumption that means earlier season games aren't widescreen? (Note: >> I see that all CBS and Fox regular season games this year were HD, but >> I certainly didn't see them in widescreen. And Sky is usually pretty >> good about getting a widescreen signal if one's available - much of >> its international sport comes in that format these days). The only >> exception to this rule seems to have been the Wembley game played here >> in London which we did see in widescreen. >> >> Perhaps the cost of covering every game in HD is still too expensive? >> Although given the vast sums paid by networks for coverage I'd have >> thought that presenting them in the best possible quality would be >> high on the list. >> >> I'd be interested to know. >> >> As a final aside, it's always entertaining to get the various networks >> previews for upcoming episodes "this week" which we'll not see for >> weeks, months or ever! (I don't suppose UK networks have been >> clammering to buy "The Biggest Loser" for example. Leno's new show >> will also miss out on that resale cash). >> >> >> >> Adam >> >> > >> > > > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
