[mythtv-users] OT: Aspect ratio broadcast rant

[Saul]

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:27:58 -0500 (EST)
f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:

>     > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:46:01 -0600
>     > From: Saul <jaglover at gmail.com>  
> 
>     > It is pretty irrelevant for me how you call it. If dimensions of
>     > picture are altered the picture is stretched.  
> 
> ...which the technology currently under discussion -does not do-.
> I don't think you understand what we're talking about here.
> 
> The original discussion -was- talking about altering the aspect ratio
> from the way it was intended, by broadcasters who apparently don't
> care about aspect ratio.  I see this all the time.
> 
> The current discussion of anamorphic widescreen -is- talking about a
> way of preserving all possible scanlines while presenting the content
> at the ratio it was originally intended to be presented.  I've seen
> this work very well from DVD sources with an SDTV that can do AW.
> 
> These are not the same thing.

Yes I understand what this talk is about. I merely stated I cannot
stand stretched picture and anamorphic widescreen is no exception - it
is still mangled stretched picture.

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Cheers, Saul