When did PBC start airing stuff in Widescreen? (1 Viewer)

[Rob T]

I was flipping around and when I got to the PBC, they were doing a bit on the animals in India and I noticed that it's in widescreen. When did they start doing this?
It's nice to see that even the PBC knows that it's time to start airing shows in widescreen.

 

[Bill Buklis]

If it's a show produced in Europe (usually England), then local PBS stations in the U.S., Discovery channel, etc., usually show it in letterboxed 16:9 nowadays. Nice isn't it?

 

[gregstaten]

Actually, some programming has been produced in 16x9 for the last few years. Most of the last season (2000/2001) of FRONTLINE was 16x9. They switched back to mostly 4x3 this season, though. Nova has also done a lot of 16x9 shows.

-greg

 

[Rob T]

yeah the show after it was in 4x3, but at least they're still doing some shows in 16x9.

Nice isn't it?

Very nice!

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Almost everything new on our PBS station is in widescreen. (and HD!)