>> Most *new* TVs are widescreen. (Indeed, it is apparently impossible to
>> buy one that isn't.) Which is most perplexing, because there are no TV
>> signals broadcast in widescreen,
> 
> Um... most channels in the UK broadcast in widescreen, and have done for several
> years. Most new shows are now recorded in widescreen too, even the BBC news.

Interesting. Everything I see on TV is still in 4:3 aspect.

> Even prior to this, a widescreen TV could format a letterboxed movie without
> distortion to fit the screen.

Sure, but nobody does this except for films. Normal TV programs are 
still in 4:3 aspect.



Now that my mum has a widescreen TV, this means that I can either have 
people with elliptical heads, huge black bars, or cut off half the 
picture. I opted for cutting off half the picture. (Which means that if 
they show something that *is* widescreen letterboxed, it comes out 
right. Except that, apparently, even "widescreen" films aren't actually 
16:9 aspect, so you still get letterboxing...)

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