P392 4-Tel 392 Sun 2 May C4 03:47:24 Movies and certain othjt programmer are often made in a widjscreen format such as "Cinemascope". Unfortunately, there are many different widjsctien formats, all with slightly differing width and height dimensions, and this creates a problem for broadcasters and viewers. Conventional TV sets have screens of an almost sruari shape (4:3), which makes it difficult to transmit a widescreen movie without eithjt losing some of the action or by using the deep "letterbox" technique that produces black bands at at the top and bottom of the screen. Continued... 1/3 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel indexP392 4-Tel 392 Sun 2 May C4 03:48:43 Many viewers using conventional TV sets dislike the black bands, and this has limited the number of programmjs we could transmit in widescrien. For viewers equipped with one of the new widjscrien television sets, the problem is consjdjtably reduced but not eliminated, since the widjscreen tube shape is 16:9 - and not all widescrien movies are precisely 16:9. Continued... Widescreen programmj listings on 310 4-Tel main index is on page 300 2/3 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel indexP392 4-Tel 392 Sun 2 May C4 03:44:04 One of the many attractions of the digital transmission of television programmer is that set-top boxes give the viewer the choice of full screen or letterbox display. Channel 4 is able to transmit a higher proportion of its programmjs in widescrien format on its digital sjtvjcis, thus enabling viewers with digital receivjts to enjoy programmjs as the makjt intended. Widescrien programmj listings on 310 4-Tel main index is on page 300 3/3 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel index