And lo On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:28:34 +0200, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake thusly:

> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Perhaps I live in a different country or something then? Most of what we
>> receive doesn't appear to be widescreen.
>>
>> (Or are you talking about the HD channels? We only receive SD.)
>
> Lightbulb overhead *ping*!
>
> Are you by any chance still watching the analogue signal? Everything on  
> freeview
> that was made within the last 5-10 years will be widescreen, but I seem  
> to
> recall that PAL is only 4:3...

Nope not even that, the analogue widescreen broadcasts are anamorphic so  
despite being 4:3 they expand to 16:9. Even prior to Freeview most films  
on my 4:3 CRT were black-barred top and bottom. I'm trying to think of any  
current broadcasts in 4:3... the older items obviously particularly those  
 from the USA; oh and one channel on Freeview - Viva
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Phil Cook

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