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Originally Posted by feelinfine;
It looks more like widescreen is zoomed in...images are disproportionally
bigger in ws versus fs. Even so, the loss of important picture area in WS
is infact the americans failure to produce a better picture Q. HD looks to be
a scheme to kick-up costs/profits against movie and tv users. Of course,
the mamath sized tv screens marketed today need a bigger frame to
prevent severe blurring, so I guess the egg came before the chicken.
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I took screen caps from the DVD set, from HDNet when they ran the Farrah only episodes and now Universal. HDNet comprised a bit. They kept more of the original but there were the bars on the sides. Universal wanted a 16x9 format to fit newer TV's. It is an HD station so it makes sense. Increasing the image from SD to HD didn't produce the same quality as something actually shot in HD but my caps are much better than those taken from my DVDs. If Sony ever puts out a Blu-Ray set I would perfer the original with the bars on the sides. I can see why Universal chose the format they did and it's a matter of preference.
Universal is also cutting footage to allow for more commercial. In the episode Target: Angels the whole sequence of Farrah coaching a youth basketball game is cut. HDNet had this scene.