From: tempora@nowhere.com   
      
   "TOConanFan"  wrote in message   
   news:1114702393.594434.178860@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > Because HDTV is broadcast in widescreen.   
      
   If they frame the shot so everything that needs to be seen can fit in a 4:3   
   ratio, but also use the same shot   
   for the 16:9 ratio picture but with additional information on the sides,   
   everything will be too far away in HDTV.   
   They could have one camera filming in a 4:3 framing for regular broadcast   
   and another camera filming in a 16:9 framing for hi-def broadcast,   
   but that would be a pain in the producer's ass.   
   I don't know how the Tonight Show handles this situation as it also   
   broadcast in hi-def for quite some time.   
   I assume they do the former of using the same shot for both 4:3 and 16:9,   
   since I think saw everything is further away on a HDTV.   
   Hey, they could have pan & scan the show for the regular TV broadcast   
   ...   
      
   >All new TVs are going to have   
   > to be HDTV ready and widescreen by next year I believe, so it would be   
   > counterproductive to have them keep the square shape until everybody   
   > upgrades.   
   >   
   > It's annoying, but yesterday it didn't bother me as much as I did   
   > Tuesday.   
   >   
      
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