Silly Question

[Chessie]

Sorry about this, but have to ask:-

How much longer are broadcasters going to continue to cater for 4:3 veiwers? I'm fed-up with the side graphics on certain channels being a ridiculous amount towards the centre of the picture on my widescreen.

QVC (sorry!) is a classic example - the graphics are virtually in the middle!!! It looks silly too. Is this going to continue for long? For ever?????????

Please tell!

(And no, I wont set my 16:9 to 4:3 to view them)

[Knyght_byte]

probably for as long as there is still a large number of 4:3 viewers who cant afford to upgrade their sets.......you'll be surprised how many people still use a 4:3 set.....

[Chessie]

Well I wish they'd hurry up and get new ones! :rolleyes:

[Knyght_byte]

are you kidding, most of the owners are old people......and we are talking 1970's Grundig TV's still being used!!..they aint gonna throw them away while there is still another 10 years use in them....lol

[Chessie]

Tell me about it - my Mother (86 this year) is one of them lol

[badkarma]

I think we need to sacrifice the needs of the many for the needs of the few :grin: Time to trim the herd :devil:

[Miniholic]

I've got an early 90's Sony Trinitron that I have no intention of swapping for a while yet, and as its built like a tank, I'm sure its got more than 10 years left in it.

But, if anyone wants to buy me a new TV I'm willing to make the switch the 16:9! :devil: