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Old 16-04-2012, 20:26   #1
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CNN is now in widescreen
Hey all,

Just switched on CNN and noticed that it has finally gone widescreen about time to.

Omar
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Old 16-04-2012, 20:33   #2
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Hey all,

Just switched on CNN and noticed that it has finally gone widescreen about time to.

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Are you sure? Just watching CNN NewsCenter and it is clearly just "stretchyvision" - 4:3 picture stretched to fit 16:9 frame.

Will check again later to see if other shows are proper widescreen.
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Old 16-04-2012, 20:35   #3
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I have not noticed any difference in aspect ratio. When a widescreen programme is sourced from the 'big' CNN channel in the US they sort of squeeze it into a 4:3 frame then stretch it again, very strange.

Widescreen is long overdue though!
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Old 16-04-2012, 23:20   #4
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Just switched on CNN and noticed that it has finally gone widescreen about time to.

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All US content is widescreen i.e. Piers Morgan, but in UK it's squished into a 4:3 frame, could be your TV is stretching or zooming it automatically.
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Old 17-04-2012, 00:52   #5
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All US content is widescreen i.e. Piers Morgan, but in UK it's squished into a 4:3 frame, could be your TV is stretching or zooming it automatically.
Seriously?! I wouldn't even watch him in 4:3, never mind widescreen! And I really don't ever want to see him in HD I think I'd put my foot through the TV.
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Old 17-04-2012, 07:57   #6
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Welcome to the 21st(ish) century CNN.
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Old 17-04-2012, 08:08   #7
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Still 4:3 on my TV.
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Old 17-04-2012, 09:09   #8
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Still 4:3 on mine too.
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Old 17-04-2012, 12:08   #9
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Welcome to the 21st(ish) century CNN.
It was on 4:3 on my set after i posted this
Suggest the O.P. checks his aspect ratio setting on his set/box/ remote
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Old 17-04-2012, 16:41   #10
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Just switched on CNN and noticed that it has finally gone widescreen about time to.

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No it is still 4:3
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Old 17-04-2012, 18:19   #11
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Just switched on CNN and noticed that it has finally gone widescreen about time to.

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Some programming is letterboxed - but there is no widescreen
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Old 17-04-2012, 20:55   #12
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Nothing worse than fake-widescreen (letterboxed) 4:3 content.

I paid for a massive TV and I have to watch this tiny picture stuck in the middle of an acre of blackness?

The only thing nearly as bad is Channel 5's treatment of 4:3 content: slap a massive bright DOG nealy in the middle of the screen.

Both cases make me switch over to something else.
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Old 17-04-2012, 21:19   #13
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Nothing worse than fake-widescreen (letterboxed) 4:3 content.

I paid for a massive TV and I have to watch this tiny picture stuck in the middle of an acre of blackness?

Both cases make me switch over to something else.
http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/
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