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I agree, I was consuming widescreen in that early-adaptor manner in the mid 90s, with a PAL+ Sony 32inch CRT widescreen, serial number 100006, watching everything (and there wasn't much !) that C4 transmitted in the format. There was so much static electricity from the EHT components, I had to repaint the walls of 'TV Corner' every 18 months.
Flat panel displays were not a moment too soon !
I know some people are of the opinion that we should have skipped widescreen SD, and waited for widescreen HD. But for me, the widescreen aspect ratio just looks so much better for most kinds of programmes, that it would have been disappointing to have a whole extra decade's worth of programmes still in 4:3.
I agree, I was consuming widescreen in that early-adaptor manner in the mid 90s, with a PAL+ Sony 32inch CRT widescreen, serial number 100006, watching everything (and there wasn't much !) that C4 transmitted in the format. There was so much static electricity from the EHT components, I had to repaint the walls of 'TV Corner' every 18 months.
Flat panel displays were not a moment too soon !