Has anyone else noticed the black bars at the top an bottom of Terrestrial getting bigger. It's fine for my WS, but on the normal TV (2 of), there's 3inch black bars at the top and bottom.

Is this just the North west.. or is anyone else seeing this

Andy

[Edited by Avi - 2/22/2002 7:07:36 PM]

tis true. BBC1&2 are now showing all their films in 1:85 aspect ratio. Tho ITV arent cos theyve no clue about how to show or edit films for their commersials. C4 byfar the best http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/thumbs.gif



[Edited by InvisibleMan - 2/22/2002 7:21:18 PM]

C4 are the daddy's of this, the normal tv is 4:3 and their films are 16:9

But why are bbc showing normal progs with the bars

Just checked and ITV and BBC1 at the moment

i believe they only make nature documentaries in that format better for panoramic scenery shots

yeah C4 r :cool: they show films in 1:85 or 16:9 but sometimes very late at night (tho i think theyre wasted then) they show unusual independent films in their full 2:35 ratio

WOW!! "1:85" must be a very tall narrow picture ;)

...but seriously, i wonder whether the BBC's insistence on doing a lot of 14:9 broadcasts (and wider) isn't some underhand way of convincing people to upgrade to widescreen digital. Not that the governments target to convert everyone to 1s and 0s in the next few years would have anything to do with it of course ;) Oh, and another few tens of billions of pounds worth of bandwidth auctions in the coffers n'all!!

mb

1.85:1
2.35:1

:rolleyes:

I read that 40% or more of prime time TV is in widescreen now. Which is why you get the bars more than you used to.

I dont know if its just us or the weather, but our BBC1 is quite bad on normal tv.

chel xxx

You terrestial peasants get bars so I can have a FULL screen on my digital .............. Thank you very much ;) Normal service will NOT be resumed for you shortly :D

Is there any truth in the fact that the black bars are getting 0.5mm bigger for each day Analogue TV has to go - eventually it will take over completely ;)

Pete

[Edited by pslewis - 2/27/2002 10:47:19 PM]