02-22-2005, 08:09 AM
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Miss-Ti, World's BEST Cat
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 1,817
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Originally Posted by hlfbakd03
Im trying to figure out why majority of the programs on CBS and ESPN HD are not in full screen. Like with CBS and ESPN i dont think i watched a College Bball game in full screen yet, but if i was to watch sportscenter it would be fullscreen. On ESPN when it not in full screen it has the black ESPN side bars and CBS just has the black bars. I have COX Cable in Hamptonroads,Va and i have the HD DVR box using the DVI cable.
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I believe it's simply because they do not have enough equipment to go around yet to cover everything in HD  . This will take time and money. We're in a transition phase but it's getting better  every day. FOX covered all of their NFL action this past year in HD. And with just one game a week for ESPN (Sunday) and ABC (Monday) those two had no problem with HD coverage. But I noticed a lot of the CBS games were 4:3 letterboxed with bars (digital, but not HD).
But you'll see a lot of "March Madness" in Hi-Def, especially once they get to the Sweet 16 and only have to cover 4 venues instead of the 8 on opening weekend. And I'd bet dollars to donuts that the Final Four will be in crystal clear 16:9 widescreen 1080i HD for the Saturday Semis and the Monday championship.
Bottom line - - hang in there. It can only improve .
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