[BC] Pushing too hard

[DANA PUOPOLO]

Regular TV has an aspect ratio of 4:3 (horiz:vertical)
DTV has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which makes it 'wider' then analog TV.
Therefore, the vertical will have to be narrower - which they do by putting
black at the top and bottom of the  picture. It's commonly seen with many
films shown on TV. This is called letterboxing.

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:20:14 PM PST
From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Pushing too hard

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DANA PUOPOLO 
  To: Broadcasters' Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [BC] Pushing too hard


  Dish TV will do the digital to analog conversion for you, Steve. You won't
  notice a thing different on "analog die day" - except perhaps a few
channels
  now running in letterboxes.


  Well this is good news. I don't know if you can answer this for me. I like
Turner Classic Movies. Now when you say Letterbox, this wouldn't include them
or would it? Now that I think about it they just run the movies in their
original format. I take it you're referring to stations other than those who
uplink? Locals with network affiliations? Hope I made this clear. Honestly,
I've not kept up on the HDTV thing so I'm a bit "thin" in the information
department.

  Thanks for your input!

  Steve
  Steve Walker Productions

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