get an antenna? On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Darren Glass <dgl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My frustration is even more because I got an HDTV and pay DishNetworks for > HD service, but they dont carry an HD feed of our local PBS station (WITF), > so there is no way I can access the full scren version. Sigh. > > d > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:54 AM, jeffrey marousek <jeff.marou...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I am gonna take a stab in the dark here and guess you are watching using >> cable/satellite...and likely DirecTV (they are the worst). While the one >> comment of how most new network programming is 16x9 is true, how it is >> center cut by local providers changes depending on equipment and/or >> equipment settings. Also, most of that 16.9 programming takes into >> consideration that there will be 4x3 and puts the graphics where they can be >> read on 4x3 displays. That being said, DirecTV's MPEG4 decoders zoom the >> image way more than required when it center cuts. Their equipment does let >> you letter box format locally. However, you must pay the 10 dollar HD access >> fee for that feature to be available on your receiver. Right now, DirecTV >> will credit your account that 10 dollar fee for for a year if you order it. >> i am just assuming that most other programming providers will do something >> similar, as I know the Charter cable system by me does. Also, most convertor >> boxes offer the same feature for the OTA viewers. >> >> There is also a feature called AFD...auto format descriptor...in which the >> broadcaster tells you what format the programming is and tells your set when >> to letter box, and when not to. At the time of the transition, that piece >> of technology was new enough most broadcasters didn't order their equipment >> to be AFD ready, me included. i am doing so this year, in fact just placed >> the budget in the bosses lap yesterday. For for the comment about cheap >> broadcasters...that little gem is gonna cost us around 20 grand and then the >> cheap consumer has to get the decoder to recognize that data stream. In this >> economy, 20 grand is a lot of money to a #100 market or less. And I fully >> understand that the price of the set to decode the stream is a lot of money >> to the consumer as well. >> >> Also, there is the problem of what is available in 16x9, and what is not. >> NBC still has a couple of programs that are shot in 4x3...Days of our lives, >> and Biggest Loser. And, even if my facility was fully HD, right now only TWO >> syndicated programs are actually available to me. (there are more than that >> out there, but of the ones on our station, that's it). Again, the cheap >> broadcaster here will have to fork out about a million to change my facility >> to HD. I am building the infrastructure for it this year, but its gonna be >> a few years before I am fully HD. >> >> As a local broadcaster all I can do is ask for patience, and we will do >> the same. As we change our equipment, and the consumer upgrades theirs, >> these annoyances will go away. It's kinda like color TV. It was available >> in the early 50's. Took awhile for every broadcaster to transmit it, and >> even longer for the consumer to buy color sets (hell, i can remember our >> first color set and it was a big day when we got it...also remember the big >> argument over money between my parents when it was purchased). >> >> You cannot imagine the angry phone calls I get from viewers that bought >> their first 16.9 set and demand (cuss scream yell) that i send the picture >> to fill their screen...So i understand your frustrations. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Terry Knab <te...@knab.org> wrote: >> >>> It is an annoyance called Center Cutting. Get used to it. Most every >>> major >>> show now is broadcast in HD. There's no separate feed *available* for >>> the >>> most part to cable or Satellite so they just take the HD feed and chop >>> the >>> sides off of it. >>> >>> I'm no fan of center cutting, and frankly its not your local PBS' fault. >>> They're broadcasting stuff as PBS sends it. >>> >>> This is one reason I will never downgrade to Standard Def programming, >>> the >>> cheapness of broadcasters who refuse to letterbox stuff for non-HD or >>> widescreen viewers. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Jay Lewis >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:50 PM >>> To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] But I don't have a wide screen TV! >>> >>> On 1/20/2010 11:59 PM, Karla Robinson wrote: >>> > I'm very annoyed at PBS lately: they are not putting Chyron titles >>> > where I can read them! >>> >>> I've noticed this on Antiques Roadshow on KCTS (Seattle). >>> -- >>> QWIZX.com - A little bit of everything >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> TV or Not TV .... 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