27 Jun 08 17:13, Mark Lewis wrote to Roy Witt:

 ML> Hi Roy,
 ML> In a message to Tom Walker you wrote:

 TW>>> The CSI trio is also a favorate of mine. BUT I just do not see
 TW>>> how HDTV really changes the enjoyment.

 RW>> I see a wider picture that isn't crushed by the analog tv, I see the
 RW>> program very clear and almost 3 dimensional. In some cases I think I
 RW>> am seeing in three dimensions, since there is a lot more depth to
 RW>> the picture. In most cases, it's just like being there.

 ML> not only that, but you are also seeing *all* of what the director
 ML> videoed... they work with equipment that is much wider than what the
 ML> average CRT TV can display... i don't recall what the resolution of a
 ML> movie theater screen is but that's the target, anyway... this is why
 ML> most all movies you see on TV have something in the beginning about
 ML> their having been modified... they've been modified by cutting a few
 ML> inches off of each side of the screen so that you can see the central
 ML> portion of the video... the problem with this is that many times the
 ML> directors also had something else going on in the back left area that
 ML> they wanted watchful folk to see... however, you can't even see it on
 ML> TV because of the trimming of the sides that was done...

You can see it, if they show it in letter-box format. That's where you see
big black spaces at the top and bottom of the picture. PBS and TCM uses
that format a lot.

                R\%/itt



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