Dear ET HD, TNT HD, and all you other HD-posers out there…

Sep.10, 2008 in Media, TV

…stretching a standard definition picture to a 16:9 aspect ratio has absolutely nothing to do with whether you’re HD or not. And it looks like crap. Please stop it now. //rant off

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4 Comments on “Dear ET HD, TNT HD, and all you other HD-posers out there…”

Richard
September 10th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
?

How is entertainment tonight fake HD? (note, I haven’t watched it since the switch)
c.k.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Hey Richard,

All the footage from in the studio is in HD but whenever they go to stock footage that they got from somewhere else, it’s standard definition and stretched out to 16:9 aspect ratio. As a result all the people go from looking nice normal, high definition, to looking like fuzzy wider-than-normal versions of themselves.
c.k.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:05 am
What they need to do is have some sort of graphic fill the sides of the screen for 4:3 footage rather than stretching out it 16:9. Looks amateurish as it is now.
Richard
September 12th, 2008 at 2:23 am
ahhh, I see said the blind man. Yeah, like ESPN does. small steps I guess, although I’ve heard in our comments TNT is actually doing some 16×9 movies, but with them you never really know.

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