[dustyn]

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Number two is pretty easily fixed by switching your tv to 4:3 or whatever it is.

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So then it's not really HD and it's not 16:9 format so why would they put this crap on a HD channel and tout it as being HD? Why would I want to watch Contact in 4:3 aspect on a HD channel when it should be 16:9?

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It's never been HD and it never will be. Stretching it to fit doesn't make it HD. it wasn't recorded in 16:9 so you can't watch it in 16:9.

Why do you think they tout it as being HD?

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Um no...almost every movie is filmed either in 16:9 or 2.35:1...at least movies that are past the 1940s/50s. The OPs issue is a TNTHD one, not a TV issue. They broadcast things that should be in HD in 4:3 and then "stretch" the picture for the 16:9 channel.

Yes if you hardcode your TV for 4:3 it will fix the problem, but the issue is TNTHD. They need to letterbox their non-HD content like every other station does, not stretch it. Or perhaps they should just stop showing converted 2.35:1 or 16:9 movies in 4:3 pan-and-scan mode stretched to 16:9 on their HD channel. If you get TNTHD check it out. It's a really poor HD channel imo.

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um you missed the point entirely.

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I didn't miss the point - you are just incorrect. The movie was recorded in widescreen format and broadcasted BY the station in pan and scan format. The movie was most certainly filmed in widescreen and simply parsed into the format by the station. So saying it "will never be HD" is incorrect. Yes, stretching a 4:3 format dosen't make it HD, but just because the station butchered the broadcast doesn't mean it will "never be in HD."