Fox News goes HD Only. [Archive] - Sean Hannity Discussion

WhiteHatBobby

September 28th, 2009, 9:02 am

Fox News goes HD only starting today; letterboxing will be used for SD coverage of FNC. They are one of the first major channels to go HD-only.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/355467-FNC_Pushes_Widescreen.php

K Lags

September 28th, 2009, 9:19 am

I'm not too interested in the screen ratio, but will it be in 1080p? 720 wouldn't even be too bad..

sgdp

September 28th, 2009, 10:10 am

I thought it was just going widescreen. Looks fine on my crappy old Sanyo.

K Lags

September 28th, 2009, 10:30 am

I thought it was just going widescreen. Looks fine on my crappy old Sanyo.

Well I wouldn't call widescreen HD, and the article does say it will downconvert and display in letterboxing for 4:3 TVs. You wouldn't be downconverting the ratio, as it will still be 16:9, so they must be downconverting from like 720 or 1080 down to 480 I would guess. Unfortunately the article doesn't suggest what they will be broadcasting in, just that it's widescreen and HD.

Old_Mil

September 28th, 2009, 10:36 am

Fox News goes HD only starting today; letterboxing will be used for SD coverage of FNC. They are one of the first major channels to go HD-only.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/355467-FNC_Pushes_Widescreen.php

So why are there now large black bands above and below the picture on my HD plasma?

The set is set to 16:9, so is the satellite receiver.

sgdp

September 28th, 2009, 10:52 am

^ I dunno. There are black bands on my non-HD, but I didn't notice any on my HD.

K Lags

September 28th, 2009, 11:00 am

So why are there now large black bands above and below the picture on my HD plasma?

The set is set to 16:9, so is the satellite receiver.

I get this every now and then on mine as well, mainly in movies. I've always questioned why they would be filming in a wider-screen than 16:9.

JeffR

September 28th, 2009, 1:19 pm

If only I had a HDTV. :(

Samm

September 28th, 2009, 5:44 pm

Fox News goes HD only starting today; letterboxing will be used for SD coverage of FNC. They are one of the first major channels to go HD-only.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/355467-FNC_Pushes_Widescreen.php

The better to ogle the FOX News-babes. ;)

gdoane

September 28th, 2009, 10:47 pm

I hope they have an option to revert.

Who in the heck thought Nancy Pelosi in hi=def was a good idea?