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P392 4-Tel 392 Sat 30 Aug C4 21:17:37    WIDESCREEN  ——————————————————————————————————————— Movies and certain other programmes are often made in a widescreen format such as "Cinemascope". Unfortunately, there are many different widescreen formats, all with slightly differing width and height dimensions, creating problems. Conventional TV sets have screens of an almost square shape (4:3), which makes it difficult to transmit a widescreen movie without either losing some of the action or by using the deep "letterbox" technique that produces black bands at at the top and bottom of the screen. ——————————————————————————————————————— Main index 300 Film Four listings 308 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel index
P392 4-Tel 392 Sat 30 Aug C4 21:11:52    WIDESCREEN  ——————————————————————————————————————— Many viewers using conventional TV sets dislike the black bands, and this has limited the number of programmes we could transmit in widescreen. For viewers equipped with one of the new widescreen television sets, the problem is considerably reduced but not eliminated, since the widescreen tube shape is 16:9 - and not all widescreen movies are precisely 16:9. ——————————————————————————————————————— Main index 300 Film Four listings 308 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel index
P392 4-Tel 392 Sat 30 Aug C4 21:24:17    WIDESCREEN  ——————————————————————————————————————— One of the many attractions of the digital transmission of television programmes is that set-top boxes give the viewer the choice of full screen or letterbox display. Channel 4 is able to transmit a higher proportion of its programmes in widescreen format on its digital services, thus enabling viewers with digital receivers to enjoy programmes as the maker intended. ——————————————————————————————————————— Main index 300 Film Four listings 308 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel index