Presenting Seinfeld and other 4:3 programs in HD

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Yes it is being discussed. We are doing some experiments on how to frame the shots to please the majority. The shows were designed for 4x3, so 16x9 is challenging. My vote is for black mattes. They you can use your monitor to stretch, zoom, or whatever you like.

That is a really tough call. I would think a "slight" overscan (something like the 1.66:1 Disney often uses) would work well. Definitely don't want to screw with the shots, but a slight zoom on a TV show shouldn't be very noticable, given the inherent overscan in most shots to accomodate older sets with horrible overscan.

Just my $.02.