In Reply to: This may be a silly question But what will the aspect ratio be after the digital conversion in 09? posted by artemus on May 2, 2008 at 19:20:09:
Aside from HD, You get a much better view of the playing field (Hockey, soccer, American pointy-ball (aka "Football"), basketball, etc... with 16:9 Sports broadcasts. And since most films are at an even wider aspect ratio, it helps to have 16:9 display capability.
I don't even know if you can buy a 4:3 display anymore.
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Follow Ups
- Hopefully, 4:3 broadcasts will disappear to be replaced with 16:9. - oscar 06:00:21 05/05/08 (5)
- RE: Hopefully, 4:3 broadcasts will disappear to be replaced with 16:9. - Jim in Blacksburg 09:43:13 05/11/08 (0)
- RE: Hopefully, 4:3 broadcasts will disappear to be replaced with 16:9. - racerguy 06:23:41 05/05/08 (3)
- "Note that most commercials are still in 4:3, even the ones shown on "HD" channels." - David Aiken 00:27:08 05/06/08 (2)
- RE: "Note that most commercials are still in 4:3, even the ones shown on "HD" channels." - blue_z 01:25:34 05/06/08 (1)
- That's something of an unfair benchmark - racerguy 22:17:05 05/07/08 (0)