[aclug-L] Re: Stretch-O-Vision Petition Online

[DAVID CARMICHAEL <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

COX is a content provider and as such can inform providers such as 'Discovery, 
or TBS-HD' that they will not carry "Stretch-O-Vision" programing on their HD 
tier feed.
From feed back on a number of message bases both TBS & TNT are sending out 
"Stretched" programing as their HD feed.... It makes actors such as 'Tim Allen' 
[Home Improvment] look as if they lost weight to play "Santa" in his three 
"Santa Clause" movies...

I just started receiving 21 new HD channels via DirecTV and while many are full 
correct "Original Aspect Ratio",  TBS, TNT and A&E are the worse of these new 
channels to use "Stretch-O-Vision" to fill a 16X9 HD-TV screen, the 'newer' (5 
differeent) Discovery channels all carry some "Stretch-O-Vision" images.. 
mainly with commericals.. but they are also stretching the image on some other 
programing to fill the screen.

Most all HD-TV's have a fill screen feature and if the end viewer wishes to 
view a 'FILLED SCREEN' allow the end viewer to use their sets setting.

This is much like the "Widescreen Vs Full" screen fight in the early days of 
DVD's

--David  


----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Hall <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 5:56:22 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Stretch-O-Vision Petition Online


1) I've never known Cox to do this.
2) The cable/satelite companies don't control what signal the stations
send them.  If a channel is doing this (and again, I'm not aware of one
that does), then contact *that channel*.  Cox doesn't control the
channel (with a couple of exceptions--like the Cox Sports channel, that
isn't broadcast in HD (yet) anyway).


On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 15:44 -0700, DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
> Stretch-O-Vision Petition Online
> This petition is for the content providers (Cox, Comcast, DirecTV, ect,) 
> network executives (ABC, A&E, TBS, ect), program producers (Joss Whedon, 
> David E. Kelley, Mark Burnett, Jerry Bruckheimer, Donald Bellisario, ect) and 
> program providers (Viacom, King World Productions, ect) to stop the current 
> practice of showing programs on "HD-TV" in other than their "Original Aspect 
> Ratio" produced screen size and not to "Stretch-O-Vision" programing just to 
> fill a 16X9 HD TV screen.
> I also suggest that, if you agree, you send silly putty to your favorite 
> program provider and / or the head of the FCC, asking that programs must be 
> sent in their native / orignal screen format?
> Wiki page about aspect ratio.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)
> [URL="http://www.petitiononline.com/sillyhd/petition.html"]Link to online 
> petition: [/URL]
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