Jane Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Wide screen (16x9) TVs in restaurants or bars that take regular video broadcast for a normal (4x3) display and stretch it to fit the wide screen, rendering all the people fat and squatty looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubber Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Wide screen (16x9) TVs in restaurants or bars that take regular video broadcast for a normal (4x3) display and stretch it to fit the wide screen, rendering all the people fat and squatty looking. Yep, and I hate the fact that I look like I am being viewed on the same screen...If I was a foot taller I'd be a square..later rdd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 With all the modern tv's, I don't know why film and tv folks can't adopt a universal standard so shows fit my tv without having to strech the image or leave part of the screen blak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed K Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Don't hate the TV, hate the bar. Tell them to turn to the HD channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I hate bloat-o-vision. I'd rather have top or side bars. With the advent of HD while still supporting NTSC, I know why you run into so many format issues, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. What I hate more than TVs set to bloat-o-vision are stations that claim to be HD, that show non-hd content upscaled, and broadcast in bloat-o-vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvb Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'll add I hate wide-screens that don't have a "zoom" feature... when I leave the side bars for a non-HD broadcast, but the show is in wide format (so on an old-fashioned TV there'd be bars top/bottom), all of a sudden you have blank space on all sides. And you're using only 1/2 of the available area. Suddenly a 26" TV is equivalent to ~18". This is how I get Fox News now... -rvb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmcphersn Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I hate being on an HD channel watching an old program recorded in 4:3 that has been stretched by the provider. I normally bump the viewing aspect to "normal" and live with the sidebars but when the provider has stretched the program, it don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gundry Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'll add I hate wide-screens that don't have a "zoom" feature... when I leave the side bars for a non-HD broadcast, but the show is in wide format (so on an old-fashioned TV there'd be bars top/bottom), all of a sudden you have blank space on all sides. And you're using only 1/2 of the available area. Suddenly a 26" TV is equivalent to ~18". This is how I get Fox News now... -rvb +1 - and then the channel has to put their logo half in and out of the bar, so my TV's auto zoom feature won't auto zoom (thinking it's a 4:3 broadcast). Adding to that, my TV won't do anything other than 16:9 when hooked up through an HDMI cable - which is it's only source (home theater PC)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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