Re: Hi-Def not always full-screen ?

"Ed" <FakeAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Then, I switch over to PBS and watch, oh, Nature or Masterpiece or
> something like that.  I know PBS is broadcasting in hi-def but the
> image is often letter-boxed 16:9, with several inches of black space
> all around.  Sure, I can expand it in some fa****on using the TV aspect
> controls but then it either is distorted or else has a certain
> fuzziness that detracts from the quality.
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> It's not like this all the time - I think some PBS programs really are
> full-screen hi-def, like I would have expected.  But it seems like the
> ones I really want to see are smaller than the available space.
>
> What is going on here?  Why isn't PBS hi-def like football-game hi-def?

    Whether  you see a program in HD depends on the station.

    My local  PBS affiliate station is flag****p WGBH.  GBH simulcasts on
    2.1 and 2.2. Channel  2.1 is 480i and HD progams are in letterbox. 2.2
    is 1080i and  feeds from PBS are HD. NewsHour, Nova, Masterpiece
    Theatre and Frontline are in HD. The documentary Carrier was broadcast
    primetime in HD.

    However, after  midnight  GBH letterboxes programs on both channels.
    My understanding  is that  the station doesn't have the equipment to
record
    and rebroadcast in HD. This  could change in the fall from what I've
been told.

    OTOH, GBH also has its four subchannel 44 digital channel that shows
regular
    programming World,  Create, and Kids. These are all in 480i.




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