TV is broken - Hackdot

Re:TV is broken by naner on Friday February 24, 2012 @05:50PM (#3631475)

or how often I find I have to manually change the aspect ratio because it wasn't able to figure it out on its own.

This is a feature not a bug. Most people don't understand aspect ration and in fact will get upset if a standard def video doesn't fill the HD screen.

Actually, it is probably just laziness on the manufacturers part but it works out well for most consumers.

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Re:TV is broken by julian37 on Friday February 24, 2012 @08:47PM (#3631876)

I think you're right, and it makes me sad. Who would prefer a distorted image over a non-distorted one, black bars or not?

The only explanation I have for this is sense of entitlement: "I paid dearly for each of these pixels so you better use all of them, no matter how bad the picture looks like!"

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Re:TV is broken by justincormack on Saturday February 25, 2012 @04:46AM (#3632620)

Also because there were no standards for widescreen in analogue times. Even broadcast TV sometimes mixes aspect ratios incorrectly.

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