Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > It was my understanding that most TVs in the UK these days are widescreen
> > anyways; if that's the case, it's not surprising you wouldn't notice the
> > difference. :-)
>
> 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.

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

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