Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #45500
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] 4x3 safe 16x9
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:03:04 -0600
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>, Rick <a_pmb_fan@yahoo.com>
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In a word, yes.

We have HD TVs and an HD subscription to DirecTV, but a lot of channels are still distributed as 4:3 SD. So it's not just about what the consumer owns. (And that said, I've seen far more "old" TVs than I would have assumed in my recent travels.)

If you wanted to be super-sure, ask exactly how the HD is being downconverted to SD - is it being letterboxed, or centercut? If letterboxed, you might get away with going for 16:9 safe instead, but then again as others have pointed out others may be mangling your image downstream.

 - Chris


On Aug 28, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Rick wrote:

Looked around the googles but couldn't really find a definitive answer. We've upgraded our station to HD, but it is downconverted to SD before being fibered to our parent station. They are building a new HD facility, so for now we have to do everything 4x3 safe.  Do we really have to worry about safe title on the sides?  Forget the six people who still have CRT's at home. Is anything cut off at home when a 4x3 signal is displayed on a 16x9 monitor?

Thanks,
 

 
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