Re: Hi-Def not always full-screen ?

TheWebJunkie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 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.
> 


But what Ed didn't say was whether his display is receiving an OTA 
signal or cable/sat signal.

My own presumption is he's not receiving OTA because if it was, it would 
show it.

It's im****tant to remember that just because an OTA is HD, the cable/sat 
equivalent may not be - especially in the case of PBS.  In Dallas, KERA 
(like the other major network broadcasters) offers 1080i HD in prime 
time OTA, but while the local channel package from DishTV offers the 
other HD locals, KERA is not listed in the HD channel lineup - only the 
SD equivalent is provided.

I think that is what Ed is experiencing.

-- 
jer
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