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

[DAVID CARMICHAEL <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You many want to check out the follow web site also:
With all the talk about whether the new HD channels are stretching and/or 
zooming SD content, a site to keep track of the status of each channel.

Here it is: http://digitalcaffeine.com/hd/
 



----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Hall <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:56:18 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Stretch-O-Vision Petition Online


Neither Cox, nor any other content providers will stop carrying those
channels.  If they did, they would lose subscribers.

The only way to get this changed, is to call the channels directly--or
get a TV smart enough to correct for this "problem."


On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 16:44 -0700, DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
> 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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