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RTE Widescreen

04-04-2001 03:37PM

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ER is now broadcasting in widescreen on RTE1. Has anyone else seen more widescreen broadcasts on Irish TV yet ???

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#2 04-04-2001 04:56PM

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Presumbaly letterbox - not anamorphic on digital services?

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#3 04-04-2001 08:15PM

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The widescreen ER seems to have far larger black lines than programmes UK analogue terrestrials (14:9). I presume that this is US television's definition of widescreen, not the BBC's...

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#4 05-04-2001 09:04AM

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Well - I presume they, like Channel 4, get an anamophic copy. RTE must ARC it to 16:9 letterbox.

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