Posted by Bill Steele on 12/08/06 18:45

In article <kgven25ufaqe2iso0ifo85kjamt0esotbg@4ax.com>,
Need A. Life <couch@potato.spudd> wrote:

> Every station in my area that runs a 16x9 AR crops and stretches ALL
> 4x3 content. Maybe that's why you're seeing it that way. I asked a
> friend of mine in the broadcast industry why they do this and he told
> me that they want their content to "look" wide-screen, even if it's
> not. Personally, I'd rather they broadcast unaltered 4x3 and let ME
> decide how I want to watch it. I can crop and stretch 4x3 if I want
> to, but I can't restore the missing cropped top and bottom!

Complain loudly. Write to the station by snail mail and cc all the
sponsors of programs presented this way. They won't pay attention to
you, but they will pay attention to advertisers.

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