[opendtv] Re: News: See the Big Picture? Don't Forget to Examine the Fine Print
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:23:30 -0400
At 7:25 PM -0400 5/2/04, Mark Schubin wrote:
> >
>>
>>The only reason this problem *should* decrease in the future is
>>that analog TV will cease to exist and there's a de-facto world
>>wide standard of 16:9 for digital programming.
>>
>>Common sense prevails most of the time.
>>
>>
>Someday. In the meantime, not even counting the installed base, around
>90% of the TVs CURRENTLY being sold in the U.S. are 4:3.
>
And since when did 16:9 become the defacto world standard for digital
programming?
The guys in Hollywood will find this to be quite amusing. Have you
got a DVD player yet Bert? Have you noticed that hardly ANY of the
movies available are offered in 16:9?
A 116:9 screen is simply a convenient display palette. The reality of
digital programming is that formats no loner matter. In the future TV
will be expected to accommodate all aspect ratios and many forms of
content that will use whatever palette you have most efficiently.
Regards
Craig
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