[opendtv] Re: News: Nielsen Gives Fuzzy Picture of HDTV Penetration

John Shutt wrote:


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I thought those were 14:9 sets in Europe.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PALplus



I guess I was remembering that some EBU programs were produced in 14:9:
A common compromise is to shoot or create material at an aspect ratio of 14:9, and to lose some image at each side for 4:3 presentation, and some image at top and bottom for 16:9 presentation. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television
The 14:9 format -sometimes known as 14:9 letterbox - is an agreed specification of the European Broadcasting Union. This specifies that programmes made in 16:9 must be produced in a 'shoot and protect' mode of 14:9 to ensure that viewers using conventional 4:3 TV receivers do not lose any essential picture information. 
http://www.rte.ie/tv/widescreen.html
If you are watching analogue television on a 4:3 set, however, you will see a picture a little smaller than you are used to, with narrow black 'letterboxing' bars above and below the picture. This image has an aspect ratio of 14:9 and is a curiously British compromise between widescreen and 4:3. 
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/widescreen/widescreen2.html
Currently from a broadcast point of view there are aspect ratios other than 4:3, 16:9 and 2.35:1 being broadcast, I assume they are ment to be the standard but there are other formats being used with smaller bands at the top. I think some transmissions are based on 14:9 source material. I also have the official DVD from the Avalon Airshow that Celebrated 100 Years of Powered Flight <http://www.geocities.com/saussie01au/avalon.html>. For some reason it was produced in the 14:9 format... 
http://www.geocities.com/dxaussie01au/buying.html
"For some years to come it is fair to say that the majority of viewers will see 14:9." 
http://quicktime.rushes.co.uk/tech_16x9_guide.pdf

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