How long before everything is Widescreen?
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Family Guy is still airing in 4x3 standard def. It's the only show I'm aware of at the moment still in that format. I guess they are supposed to switch to high-def starting with the next season.
I remember a few yrs back the shows sold from iTunes, were all Full screen, one of the reason I stopped buying from them, even when offered in WS, iTunes didn't carry them. So it in not all-prevasive, not yet.
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Its the same as some sports still being shot in standard def (F1 im looking at you). The funny thing is, watching older shows in full screen i dont feel i am missing much by having black bars down the sides.
And even these cheaper cameras these days seem to shoot 1080p (granted i know professional tv wont use them).
And even these cheaper cameras these days seem to shoot 1080p (granted i know professional tv wont use them).
Two years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes and 12 seconds.
Nearly everything is HD now except for some local news, shitty commercials, and Undercover Boss.
I'm sure you'll get your HD on everything when Honest Jim Bob's Title Pawn gets their new HD camera. 
A lot of shows are being filmed with HD cameras but are being broadcast in 4:3 standard. HGTV and a few others still do this, but there is no real explanation as to why they are.
No they're not, my last employer had a staff of videographers shooting HD with Canon XLH1A HD-quality cameras that weigh in at 6.5 lbs.
It makes no sense for them not to be shooting widescreen HD.
The problem is that not all DVD producers are issuing widescreens. Frankly, I thought the "Full Screen" option had been retired years ago, but I still occasionally find a movie or recent TV that is only available in Full Screen.
Good example is iCarly. They're finally supposed to start issuing episodes in widescreen later this year, yet the show's first season or two was aired in full screen and released to DVD the same way -- I don't know if it was ever shot in WS in its early days.
It's a similar argument as to why are there still TV series being filmed in standard definition. Doctor Who was VERY late to the party, only starting to film in HD last year. As far as I know its spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, is still being made in SD.
Alex
Most shows are produced in widescreen nowdays. The BBC for example just made the switch to HD a couple of years ago, but they've been producing all their show in widescreen since the late nineties.
The only programs that are broadcast in 4:3 are the ones that were never produced in widescreen, like reruns from old shows. TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY will be fullscreen forever!
The only programs that are broadcast in 4:3 are the ones that were never produced in widescreen, like reruns from old shows. TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY will be fullscreen forever!
Most shows are produced in widescreen nowdays. The BBC for example just made the switch to HD a couple of years ago, but they've been producing all their show in widescreen since the late nineties.
The only programs that are broadcast in 4:3 are the ones that were never produced in widescreen, like reruns from old shows. TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY will be fullscreen forever!
TOS remastered is in widescreen in the UK...
I thought most things were as well. Although I still see a lot of older shows in fullscreen understandably. The one channel that annoys me is TNT. They refuse to show their movies in widescreen, so on the HD channel you are seeing an HD pan and scan. It looks like crap.
Most shows are produced in widescreen nowdays. The BBC for example just made the switch to HD a couple of years ago, but they've been producing all their show in widescreen since the late nineties.
The only programs that are broadcast in 4:3 are the ones that were never produced in widescreen, like reruns from old shows. TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY will be fullscreen forever!
TOS remastered is in widescreen in the UK...
Blasphemy. If you're a purist you won't watch a cropped widescreen version.
Shows may be shot 35mm film and posted in HD, or shot in HD video which is 16:9 but 'protected for 4:3 framing'. Why?
poster.
Probably another 10 years.
There will be a slow transition of more and more standard definition 4x3 TV channels using letterboxing for shows until then. NBC has used letterboxing for primetime on the standard definition 4x3 channel the most over the years.
