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   Joseph Nebus to Tony Linguini   
   Re: Letterboxing, Conan?   
   26 Nov 08 23:03:19   
   
   From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   "Tony Linguini"  writes:   
      
   >On 25-Nov-2008, Jim Ellwanger  wrote:   
      
   >> In article ,   
   >>  nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >   WNBC/New York City's feed of Late Night last night didn't   
   >> > serve up the letterboxed version, which now looked all weird even   
   >> > though I'm watching on standardly defined televisions.  This probably   
   >> > doesn't matter; I just want them to know, I noticed.  And it looked   
   >> > funny.   
   >>   
   >> Might not have been WNBC's fault per se -- might have been your   
   >> satellite/cable provider having switched from picking up the analog   
   >> version of WNBC's signal to picking up the digital version of WNBC's   
   >> signal, and producing the standard-def version by cropping the HD   
   >> picture in some strange manner.   
      
   >That's happened here in Colorado Springs as well.  I have DirecTV, so I   
   >wonder if they do that in all markets.   
      
   	Maybe it was DirecTV, then.  Things were normal last night,   
   at least over here.   
      
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