Comments on: Inconsistent Television Ratios http://djsteen.com/wp/2010/01/24/inconsistent-tv-ratios/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: djsteen http://djsteen.com/wp/2010/01/24/inconsistent-tv-ratios/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 djsteen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:07:50 +0000 http://djsteen.com/wp/?p=740#comment-1327 Ohhhh! Gosh! I guess it makes sense now; they're still catering for people with 4:3 televisions.<br><br>That's nice and all (as I mentioned we've only had our 16:9 TV for a year), but surely technology is advanced enough to know if the content is being displayed on a 16:9 or 4:3 television, and the digital set top box would switch accordingly.<br><br>Also, in general, if someone can afford Foxtel, then they can probably afford an HDTV.<br><br>I'm going to have to write a followup post on this issue. Thanks Nick! Ohhhh! Gosh! I guess it makes sense now; they're still catering for people with 4:3 televisions.

That's nice and all (as I mentioned we've only had our 16:9 TV for a year), but surely technology is advanced enough to know if the content is being displayed on a 16:9 or 4:3 television, and the digital set top box would switch accordingly.

Also, in general, if someone can afford Foxtel, then they can probably afford an HDTV.

I'm going to have to write a followup post on this issue. Thanks Nick!

]]> By: djsteen http://djsteen.com/wp/2010/01/24/inconsistent-tv-ratios/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 djsteen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:07:50 +0000 http://djsteen.com/wp/?p=740#comment-1223 Ohhhh! Gosh! I guess it makes sense now; they're still catering for people with 4:3 televisions.<br><br>That's nice and all (as I mentioned we've only had our 16:9 TV for a year), but surely technology is advanced enough to know if the content is being displayed on a 16:9 or 4:3 television, and the digital set top box would switch accordingly.<br><br>Also, in general, if someone can afford Foxtel, then they can probably afford an HDTV.<br><br>I'm going to have to write a followup post on this issue. Thanks Nick! Ohhhh! Gosh! I guess it makes sense now; they're still catering for people with 4:3 televisions.

That's nice and all (as I mentioned we've only had our 16:9 TV for a year), but surely technology is advanced enough to know if the content is being displayed on a 16:9 or 4:3 television, and the digital set top box would switch accordingly.

Also, in general, if someone can afford Foxtel, then they can probably afford an HDTV.

I'm going to have to write a followup post on this issue. Thanks Nick!

]]> By: Nick Ayre http://djsteen.com/wp/2010/01/24/inconsistent-tv-ratios/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Nick Ayre Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:36:00 +0000 http://djsteen.com/wp/?p=740#comment-1222 Ok I was quite interested in this so I went on a hunt. What I have gathered which could or could not be right. The AP is 14x9 reason because it's a compromise between 4X9 and 16:9. So when viewers with a 4:9 tv too much isn't cropped off. This is where i got my information from <a href="http://www.dtvforum.info/lofiversion/index.php/t74235.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dtvforum.info/lofiversion/index.php/...</a><br><br>As I was doing my googling this post kept coming up. Didn't take long for google to get hold of it. Ok I was quite interested in this so I went on a hunt. What I have gathered which could or could not be right. The AP is 14×9 reason because it's a compromise between 4X9 and 16:9. So when viewers with a 4:9 tv too much isn't cropped off. This is where i got my information from http://www.dtvforum.info/lofiversion/index.php/...

As I was doing my googling this post kept coming up. Didn't take long for google to get hold of it.

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