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There is one ep of the X Files that I have never seen. It has Burt Reynolds for a guest star, and is called Improbable. It should be coming around in rotation on July 20, on TNTHD. But guess what? They are skipping that one ep! They continue with the rest of season 9, then start over with the pilot! As you might imagine, I am unhappy.
Just to show what idiots they are, what they do with 4x3 (standard) aspect ratio shows on their HD wide screen channel is incredibly annoying. For all 4x3 shows, they stretch them to fill the screen. They do it in such a way that the center, where faces often are, isn't stretched, but, moving out from the edge, the picture is progressively stretched more. So, if you have two people's faces in frame, the sides of their faces near each other will look fairly normal, but the sides towards the sides of the screen are stretched out! And, as they move from side to side, they stretch and compress. It looks something like a fun house mirror. They even do that on movies, showing a stretched 4x3, instead of showing the film in it's original aspect ratio. How dumb can you get?
Just to show what idiots they are, what they do with 4x3 (standard) aspect ratio shows on their HD wide screen channel is incredibly annoying. For all 4x3 shows, they stretch them to fill the screen. They do it in such a way that the center, where faces often are, isn't stretched, but, moving out from the edge, the picture is progressively stretched more. So, if you have two people's faces in frame, the sides of their faces near each other will look fairly normal, but the sides towards the sides of the screen are stretched out! And, as they move from side to side, they stretch and compress. It looks something like a fun house mirror. They even do that on movies, showing a stretched 4x3, instead of showing the film in it's original aspect ratio. How dumb can you get?