HDTV for regular television programs...


I've been watching recently regular public channels on HDTV in the local italian restaurant during dinner and realized that the faces are too wide and everything is spreaded along the screen.
Is wide HDTV only for movies or it can be adjusted for square screen?
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Showing 1 response by phild

Yeah...it should look perfect if it's HDTV. I know that The Tonight Show is broadcast in HDTV, but I don't think there is much programming out there that was actually shot that way...not yet. It's a rather expensive process (special cameras, equipment, and transmition process), so I'd be surprised if the PBS station would be able to afford it.

It sounds like the restaurant may have a wide-screen HDTV ready TV. Maybe they're trying to watch regular TV on the wrong setting?? I don't know...it sounds odd.