Cropping/Reformatting Tv/programs/movies for the 16:9 display era

[Tyger]

Originally Posted by retablo

You do realize TVs were that size because that's the size movies were too, right? So if TV ad these phantom "restrictions", then why didn't films? That's an invalid argument anyway, because - "restriction" or not - the composition was made for that size and NO other size. Why haven't they recompositioned films pre-1953 for 16x9, if that was such a restriction? Because that's not the way they were made, nor the way there intended to be seen. I don't understand why people have such a hard time grasping such a simple concept.

"Phantom restrictions"? Please.

Nobody has mentioned any shows from the 50's, only the 90's (and into the early 2000's), long after theaters/movies were widescreen, but TV was still restricted to 4:3. And you keep talking about films, which I never condoned changing, I'm talking about television shows, which I make an exception for. You don't and that's fine, but you don't have to be about it. I don't understand why you have such a hard time grasping such a simple concept.