Monday July 13th (aka I'm A Hurtin Puppy!)

[MeatPounder]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Can't see why the trailer is widescreen, as the series won't be.

Dr. Who has been 1080i on BBC America for several years ?

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by MeatPounder

Dr. Who has been 1080i on BBC America for several years ?

Yes, I think since Steven Moffat took over (the BBC have wanted it in 1080 for even longer, but Russel T Davis always refused, when he left, Steven Moffat had no such reservations).

However I'm talking about aspect ratio. Most TVs are in 16:9 ratio and all modern TV shows are produced that size. That trailer was in 29:9, which is what us old 'uns call "widescreen". On a normal TV it will be letterboxed, like movies used to be when TVs were in 4:3 (academy ratio).

Originally Posted by Greenguy

ecchi's watching it in IE7

Actually, I was on the XP box when I watched that trailer! Nothing as modern as 7 for me (my "up to date" machine is Vista).

I was also watching it on an academy ratio monitor (4:3), which is a size TVs have not been for years.

Weirdly, although I have a modern 16:9 TV my most modern TV is the projection TV which is 4:3. I'm guessing this is because, as well as projecting TV, DVD and BluRay, it also projects video and computer, both of which still mostly use academy ratio. And you can scale up a 29:9 if you are projecting in that format.