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Originally Posted by mylittledemon
Such a pity. I am baffled that they didn't have the foresight to film it in widescreen. |
All TVs were Square until early 2000s. There was no need to film to VHS in widescreen. Nothing produced for TV was wide ratio unless it was filmed on film stock movie type film film then scanned into video. Everything from the begining of TV until shows started to be made Wide for the HD standard that started in early 2000s were square ratio.
Occasionally you will see shows that were filmed using actual FILM rescanned and make to sorta look ok on Wide ratio TV. But a show like Star Trek The next Generation which was filmed on film they went back several years ago and rescanned the physical film and upgraded to HD but stayed Square because it would have Chopped too much.