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ITV News now in widescreen

Well, kind off (May 2005)

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Brekkie
As this is a topic that doesn't deserve to be hidden in the general ITV News thread, ITV News has now gone widescreen.

Well, that's not exactly true. It's still 4:3 on terrestrial - but now shown in a 16:9 picture on digital TV - though it's a cropped 4:3 image in 14:9 with black borders down the side.


Yes, about time ITV News went widescreen - but this cropping method is pathetic and doesn't really serve any digital viewer - however your TV is set up - well.


Regional News has also gone this way, though the ITV News Channel is still in 4:3.
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harshy Founding member
But what's the point of this, you just lose top and bottom.
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Markymark
Brekkie Boy posted:
As this is a topic that doesn't deserve to be hidden in the general ITV News thread, ITV News has now gone widescreen.

Well, that's not exactly true. It's still 4:3 on terrestrial - but now shown in a 16:9 picture on digital TV - though it's a cropped 4:3 image in 14:9 with black borders down the side.


Yes, about time ITV News went widescreen - but this cropping method is pathetic and doesn't really serve any digital viewer - however your TV is set up - well.


Regional News has also gone this way, though the ITV News Channel is still in 4:3.


I'm not in the UK at the moment so are all English, Welsh and Scottish regions now doing this ? Ulster TV have presented ITN's output in this style for quite a while.

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