Re: Hi-Def not always full-screen ?

FakeAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Ed) posted:

>> "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."

phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 responded:

> "Digital TV does not imply it must be high definition. 
>While digital is a requirement for high definition,
> there are other things that can be done with digital. 
>Many stations have chosen to transmit multiple 
>programming streams instead. A lot of PBS stations 
>have chosen to do so. Maybe they feel it is of more 
>value to the community to offer a greater choice 
>of programming than to make one program look 
>better and have less of a choice."

But Ed said that he *knows* PBS is broadcasting in high-def, so it's
just the *opposite* of what you said.  By wasting high-definition
bandwidth on a standard-definition picture, PBS gives neither high
definition *nor* the additional programming which would otherwise fit
into that signal.