On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:24 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd be surprised that Sky would bother with changing from letterbox to > center-cut on a programme-by-programme basis, unless there was some > technical reason why they wouldn't be able to convert HD ATSC to PAL. > > ISTR from past visits to the UK that letterboxed SD was fairly common > long before producing in widescreen was common in the US, whether it > was transmitted that letterboxed over SD or not. (IMO, the US media > have done a disservice by failing to dispel the popular myth that > screen resolution and broadcast format are connected -- i.e., that > 16:9=digital=HD and 4:3=analog=SD -- but I've given up on my one-man > campaign to educate the great American public.) >
Well my widescreen television is approximately 13 years old, and there was widescreen programming prior to that. And this was before digital, HD or anything else. So yes, we've had widescreen for a long time. There was also an awkward 14:9 phase which you'll find a number of costume dramas were made in. But NFL really is the odd one out. We get widescreen US tennis all the time, and NASCAR. Must admit that I've not seen NBA widescreen over here, nor baseball, although both of those are largely confined to a channel I don't get (NASN - now owned by ESPN). Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
