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Old 05-07-2008, 12:26 AM   #3 of 23
Mark-P
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Re: Questions About Older Movies On Blu-Ray + TV In Widescreen


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Originally Posted by JargonJohn
2) Also, when did most television studios start filming/editing their shows in a widescreen format?

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Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
...Not sure exactly, but I would guess shortly after the debut of Dvd which started making the concept of letterboxing ok for viewers with non-16:9 displays...so probably around '99/2000 ...

The key word in the question is "most." And that didn't happened until the networks started broadcasting in high definition and that was around 2003.
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