How to Display 4x3 on a 16x9 TV by Trbarry.

[bdraw]

I normally start threads here at tampahdtv.com that are from the avsforum.com but I really think trbarry has a great idea.

Read his article here, it is short and insightful.
http://www.wideopenwest.com/~trbarry/Displaying_4x3_on_16x9.htm

Also if interested read the comments over at AVS.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=348960

I would really like to know what you guys think of this. I think it would be really great if our local affiliates could deploy more than just one technique(14x10) to deal with 4x3 content framed as 16x9.

If you don't read the article basicly what he is sugesting is a combination between
a top and bottom crop
a non linear stretch

He also has a great idea for those side bars.

*edit I updated the link*

[FTBoomerIII]

THE FIRST LINK OPENS AN EPISODE OF FRIENDS, i THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR:

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~trbarry/Displaying_4x3_on_16x9.htm


Damn, had caps lock on, Sorry.

[jaymer]

the engineering guys down at UPN have been very cooperative and HD-friendly, to say the least.
they are doing a simple crop on the image to enlarge it a bit and toss off the bottom and top... this might give them a bit more to think of... but as I only watch Star Trek in HD, it doesn't matter to me much.

[Bschneider]

I love how he calls the PSIP data "garbage"