http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/ Engadget HD Comments for Fox Widescreen is not HD! http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 13th 2006 3:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/It is upconverted to 720p the same way their 4x3 content is.]]>Jul 13th 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 13th 2006 4:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 13th 2006 5:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/
I think I heard that Seinfeld would be 4:3 when released in HD because it was not originaly shot in 16:9

If Fox is upconverting to 720p then its not that bad, I mean thats what TNTHD does, dont they?

Yeah it would be great if it was native HD put as long as they are upconverting its a step in the right direction.]]>Jul 13th 2006 6:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Exactly!
Don't get me wrong Fox does alot of HD. Most of their shows are in HD like 24 and House, but some of it is not.]]>Jul 13th 2006 6:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 13th 2006 7:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/
You should read up on it:

http://www.atsc.org/standards/a_53e-with-Amend-1.pdf

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]]>Jul 13th 2006 8:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/If you use that, then technically 1.85 and 2.35 movies aren't HD either because they are not 16x9 (1.77).

If a movie is on in HD, no one argues if it is HD even though it isn't truly 16x9. The same is true if the show is 4x3 like in the case of Seinfeld. ]]>Jul 13th 2006 8:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/
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I would rather have 480p 16:9 widescreen that 4:3 480i anyday if the show cannot be taped in 1080i.

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All HD is widescreen, but not all ATSC is widecreen (480i).

Also, sometimes stations upconvert the 4:3 feed to their HD feed, creating a pillarboxed 720p feed. It looks like crap.




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The only crappy "FOX Widescreen" I've ever seen is their regular season baseball broadcasts. All-Star Game aside (it was HD), the FOX Saturday games have looked like @$$ in SD widescreen this year.]]>Jul 14th 2006 1:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 14th 2006 2:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/
As for TNT, some shows like "Charmed" are just stretched upconverted SD stuff. However I think they show "Law & Order" in true HD.]]>Jul 15th 2006 12:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Jul 16th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/
Many of the MLB widescreen games are sent via composite lines to Fox. This requires decoding which is lower in quality than an all component path.]]>Jul 22nd 2006 12:26AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/13/fox-widescreen-is-not-hd/Oct 6th 2006 10:13AM