From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 4 May 2005 01:19:02 -0400, "Bozo McCool"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Yes, they have had the HD Cameras for something like a year or two... the   
   >break in April was supposedly to gut the control room and upgrade it to be   
   >able to broadcast HD...   
   >   
   >But I'm not sure how they were able to record the show in HD with the old   
   >control room or why they need to gut the control room only to broadcast, not   
   >to record.   
   >   
   >Actually, I'm not even sure if the rerun WAS broadcast HD... or whether it   
   >was just widescreen. I don't know which it was, though I suspect they didn't   
   >make the camera switch at the same time as the control room, among other   
   >reasons, to build a library of reruns they could show in HD when they   
   >finally switched. I suppose the question is whether the remotes from now on   
   >will be shot with HD cams, or just widescreened to fit the format (or if   
   >they will do that at all)   
      
   Pardon my HD ignorance on this one, but here goes.   
      
   I know sometimes theatrical movies are shot in a native 4:3 aspect   
   ratio, then "matted" off at the top and bottom for theatrical   
   showings.  Does the same 'trick' work for HDTV showings?   
      
   -lugnut   
      
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