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Tall TV
Shows High-Screen TV programmes | |
Tall TV is a new TV channel - we show movies and TV programmes filmed not in wide-screen, but in *high-screen*.
You'll need to turn your TV (or, as [csea] mentions, yourself) on its/your side to watch our channel - those of you with wide-screen TVs will get the best effect, while normal TVs will
shorten the image, with vertical black bars either side.
Today's schedule includes:
* Tall TV at the Milan Fashion Show: Bringing you the view from the end of the catwalk.
* International Climbing Championships: Who will win?
* Waterfalls of the World: This week, Angel Falls, Venezuela.
* Giraffes: The Long-Necked Spotty Horses of the Wild: A close-up wildlife documentary.
* A Day In The Life Of: A look at different professions. This week, what it's like to be a stiltwalker. Next week, window cleaners.
* Will It Smash?: A science programme involving dropping things from tall buildings to see how much they're damaged.
* A Rope and a Prayer: We take an in-depth look at the past, present and future of bungee-jumping.
* Floor 69: Tall TV's raunchy new soap opera, exploring the lives and loves of the residents of a New York tower block.
Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee
Destination URL.
E.g., http://www.coffee.com/
Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)
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Y'know the reason for wide screen? It has to do with the human visual dimensional gamut - i.e. the area we preceive when looking straight ahead. |
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Because most people have two horizontally located eyes, it's wider than it is tall - roughly 16x9 aspect ratio (WxH). |
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9Wx16H would waste a whole bunch of resolution. You'd be better off just looking at HDTV and ignoring the side image (feel free to mask off your screen.) |
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And don't get me started on visual temporal resolution! |
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But if you insist, why bother to turn your TV sideways - just relax laterally recumbent on the couch. |
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{The following feature is best viewed on your side on the couch!} Kind of messes up the surround sound, though. |
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You could watch wide-screen movies while lying down, that there's a good idea. |
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+ I'd like to watch Jack and the Beanstalk on this. |
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