Does DirecTV offer 4:3 aspect ratio standard definition service?

[bobvick]

I don’t think it is “official” that they’re definitely not renewing the lease. We’ll find out for sure in the next couple of months.

 

[Don in CT]

Why would you want to watch anything in 4:3 center cut. Sports is all broadcast widescreen so a center cut will block most of the graphics. Most news stations are also going 16:9 with graphics packages.

 

[ejb1980]

Directv does it or is it the content provider?

Both. Some channels are broadcast properly in HD or on other providers, but the SD is squished on Directv. I suspect that will get better (not completely) after the mpeg 4 change. In other cases, the channel sends it out incorrectly on the SD version and there's not much Directv could do.

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