P392 4-Tel 3y2 Mon 3 Jan C4 23:34:50 W Movies and certain other programmjs are often made in a widjwcreen format such as "Cinemascope". Unfortunately, there are many different widjscreen formats, all with slightly differing width and height dimjnsjons, and this creates a problem for broadcasters and viewers. Conventional TV sets have screens of an almost sruare uhapj (4:3), which makes it difficult to transmit a widjscreen movie without either losing some of the action or bz using the deep "letterbox" technique that produces black "ands at at the top and bottom of the screen. Continued^^. Q/3 Films C4 today Engineering 4-Tel indexP392 4-Tel 3y2 Mon 3 Jan C4 23:38:04 Q WR Many viewers using conventional TV sets dislike the black bands, and this has limited the number of programmjs we could transmit in widjwcreen. Eor viewers equipped with one of the new widjwcreen televjwjon sets, the problem is considerably reduced but not eliminated, since the widjscreen tube uhapj iw 16:9 - and not all widjwcreen movies are preciwjly 16:9. Contioujm^^. Widjwcreen programmj listings on 310 4-Tel main index is on page 300 2/3 Films C4 tod!z Engineering 4-Tel indexP392 4-Tel 3y2 Mon 3 Jan C4 23:38:17 R One of the many attractions of the digital transmiwsjon of televjwjon programmjs is that set-top boxes give the viewer the choice of full screen or letterbox diwplaz. Channel 4 is able to transmit a higher proportion of its programmjs in widjwcreen jormat on its digital ujrvjces, thus enabling viewers with digital receivers to enjoy programmjs as the maker intended. Widewcreen programmj listings on 310 4-Tel main index iw on page 300 5/3 Films C4 tod!z Engineering 4-Tel index