[mythtv-users] OT: Aspect ratio broadcast rant

[Ian Evans]

On Feb 18, 2016 12:48 PM, "Al Esch" <colonelguf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/17/2016 10:48 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2016 10:03 PM, "Saul" <jaglover at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > on top and bottom or not watch the TV. I didn't watch, I cannot stand
>> > that stretched picture. Thousands engineers have done their best to
>> > bring us the natural picture and then some idiot just ruins it.
>> >
>> > --
>>
>> To those on the list who receive GetTV via OTA, how is your local
affiliate broadcasting it? 4:3 or 16:9?
>>
>>
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> GetTV is stretched 16:9 on 41.2 from Battle Creek, MI. Even the ads are
stretched. 41.3 is GritTV, not stretched. Widescreen movies on 41.3 are
both letterboxed and pillarboxed.
>

You might want to try contacting the broadcast engineer at the station. The
guy here seems to be following his management orders but the techs and
social media reps I spoke to at the network say it should be 4:3 and are
discussing with the station. Hopefully there's a contract clause. Spoke to
a GM of a competing station and he said the ratio should be controlled by
the net not the local station.
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