Skysport Motorsport still not in 16:9?

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link2007

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#20702 3-Apr-2008 16:36

eg, nascar, motogp, F1 are all receieved by sky in 16:9 some are HD avaliable, so why haven't they changed?

I believe there was a thread here last year saying that Sky promised to move into 16:9 for f1, but it hasn't happened.

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#120776 3-Apr-2008 16:47

I guess they think that most of the subscribers still have 4:3 TV's. I wonder if they could use the current technology to "ask" all of the sky boxes if they are set to output 16:9 or 4:3? At least they would then have some idea of widescreen uptake.

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#120777 3-Apr-2008 16:51

marmel: I guess they think that most of the subscribers still have 4:3 TV's. I wonder if they could use the current technology to "ask" all of the sky boxes if they are set to output 16:9 or 4:3? At least they would then have some idea of widescreen uptake.

That would be no good.. I know plenty of people who have their decoders set up incorrectly to 4:3 on a WS TV because they don't like the bars on the left and the right and expect the screen to be full.

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#120785 3-Apr-2008 17:12

OK then maybe everytime someone calls customer service/tech line they should ask them. Won't take long to build up an idea of what people are using.

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#121014 4-Apr-2008 11:18

I think that SS1/2/3 are full-time 4:3 with the Rugby channel being full-time 16:9.

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#121119 4-Apr-2008 16:31

The rugby channel is full time 16:9 although with the older games there would be bars as the sides I would assume. I don't think anyone would subscribe to the rugby chanell if they broadcast games widescreen on SS1,2 etc. No one likes rugby that much do they?

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#121129 4-Apr-2008 16:53

They said they will move into 16:9 in the middle of the year....one's hoping...

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#121183 4-Apr-2008 20:13

I dont see a proplem having mysky box it seems all the channels are in widescreen,anyway i think your right no one likes rugby that much. As far as HD we dont have the boxes to recieve HD so how do you get the HD picture it's only just been released in the UK

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#121194 4-Apr-2008 21:11

deadman: I dont see a proplem having mysky box it seems all the channels are in widescreen

This is not quite correct. The bulk of Sky's channels are still 4:3 and are not transmitted in 16:9 widescreen. By later on this year most of Sky's channels will be in true 16:9 widescreen with the exception of some such as CNN that are only broadcast in 4:3