Popular Mechanics gets wise to HD compression

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Miggity @ Jul 28th 2008 2:48AM

And what about the douchebags over at History Channel HD who see fit to f*ck up half their broadcasts by sending out SRETCHED 16:9. I don't even watch the History Channel anymore because you never know if that new episode is going be correct or all f*cked up beyond all recognition.

HEY HISTORY CHANNEL! GET YOUR HEAD OUT YOUR ASS! ASPECT RATIOS! FIGURE IT OUT!

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Britboyj27 @ Jul 28th 2008 11:22AM

All A&E Networks do it, not just History.

I once sent them an email about it and they said they surveyed their viewers and they said that's what they wanted. *shrug*

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Miggity @ Jul 28th 2008 11:31AM

I've received that same email a few times. But it doesn't address the problem! Nobody, NOBODY, is wanting a 16:9 image letterboxed and stretched horizontally. That doesn't make any sense. No excuse for that. I just plain won't watch it.

As for compression. Here in Portland, OR our PBS station has 1 HD channel and then 3 SD substations. Needless to say this makes the HD by far the worst looking OTA station I receive.

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