The Simpsons in HD (finally)

[torgosPizza]

Well, we all know that we can't have cartoons films before a live studio audience (wreaks havoc on the animators' hands) so this will have to suffice.

[MrTorso]

Cartoons in widescreen. To preserve how it was originally filmed.

uh yeah? I mean from now on all the episodes they make are going to be 16x9 so.....

[MrTorso]

My local NBC has stopped showing widescreen stuff. This doesn't mean they show it letterboxed; no, it's widescreen format, with the edges chopped off. I miss half of The Office every week.  My guess is that it's loudly-complaining elderly people who caused this (I used to zoom in and get the whole thing--albeit grainy, and now I just can't see half of it).

I don't know if Fox does the same thing here; hope not. I'll be tuning in next week to see WIDESCREEN Simpsons!

that is awful!

[Petey Wheatstraw]

My local NBC has stopped showing widescreen stuff. This doesn't mean they show it letterboxed; no, it's widescreen format, with the edges chopped off. I miss half of The Office every week.  My guess is that it's loudly-complaining elderly people who caused this (I used to zoom in and get the whole thing--albeit grainy, and now I just can't see half of it).

I don't know if Fox does the same thing here; hope not. I'll be tuning in next week to see WIDESCREEN Simpsons!

It's available in widescreen at Fox on Demand and Hulu.

[bettertomorrowamy]

cough ~torrent~ cough

[Petey Wheatstraw]

Not on my TV, I can't. And I"m not gonna install a player.

If you have Flash, Hulu works just fine.

[Dankbuds]

Not on my TV, I can't. And I"m not gonna install a player.

Playon
If you have a PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, or HP MediaSmart TV, PlayOn lets you watch Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN and more on your TV.

They will also be adding support for Nintendo Wii in early 2009.

[bratpop]

You realize they're making a TV show fit the TV that you bought to watch movies on, which already had to compromise the ratio in order to sate TV watchers? There's no long term planning at work here. They should have made TVs 2.35:1, and then everything is literally just a different width, nothing ever too "small" to watch as long as the height of the screen is enough that you're comfortable with it. It would be much more aesthetically pleasing than seeing the height of the picture constantly changing in an effort to create the illusion of different widths.

What sucks is if you don't have a widescreen TV, TV shows are ceasing to fit on a TV screen. That's great, IF you give me a fucking coupon for a widescreen TV along with that digital converter box, and phase out standard-ratio TVs altogether.

[Doctor Who?]

So you think the tax payers should have to buy you a widescreen TV too.

Sorry but I am already paying a third of my income in taxes so i don't want to pay another cent.

I think the government should just come out and ban HDTVs and ban any movie or TV show from being shot in anything other then 4:3 480i in that case.

[Pak-Man]

My local NBC has stopped showing widescreen stuff. This doesn't mean they show it letterboxed; no, it's widescreen format, with the edges chopped off. I miss half of The Office every week.  My guess is that it's loudly-complaining elderly people who caused this (I used to zoom in and get the whole thing--albeit grainy, and now I just can't see half of it).

I don't know if Fox does the same thing here; hope not. I'll be tuning in next week to see WIDESCREEN Simpsons!

Yeah I had to disconnect my HD Cable for a couple weeks to make room for the PS3 (I have an HDMI cable now that fixes the need to do that) and I was watching Conan in lo-def. They literally chopped Conan in half, and chopped the guest in half. You didn't get to see all of anyone.

[bratpop]

If they raise taxes, you can complain. You can't complain about what they DO with the money they take from you. It's not yours anymore. "YOUR tax dollars" is a phrase created by the media to scare you into watching news shows and buying magazines.

[bratpop]

Yeah I had to disconnect my HD Cable for a couple weeks to make room for the PS3 (I have an HDMI cable now that fixes the need to do that) and I was watching Conan in lo-def. They literally chopped Conan in half, and chopped the guest in half. You didn't get to see all of anyone.

Conan chops a lot of people in half. It's what barbarians do.

[Doctor Who?]

You realize they're making a TV show fit the TV that you bought to watch movies on, which already had to compromise the ratio in order to sate TV watchers? There's no long term planning at work here. They should have made TVs 2.35:1, and then everything is literally just a different width, nothing ever too "small" to watch as long as the height of the screen is enough that you're comfortable with it. It would be much more aesthetically pleasing than seeing the height of the picture constantly changing in an effort to create the illusion of different widths.

Wouldn't that chop off the bottom and tops of 16:9 picture(a format that is still widely used),I prefer the system we have now where I can always see the whole picture.

I don't care about Black bars unless they take up half the screen.

[SmilinJackRoss]

Playon
If you have a PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, or HP MediaSmart TV, PlayOn lets you watch Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN and more on your TV.

Oh awesome!  I'm gonna give this a try on my PS3 when I get home.  I've been annoyed I can't get netflix instant viewing on my PS3....

[Doctor Who?]

If they raise taxes, you can complain. You can't complain about what they DO with the money they take from you. It's not yours anymore. "YOUR tax dollars" is a phrase created by the media to scare you into watching news shows and buying magazines.

You heard it here last.

Never question anything the government does.

They are better then you and have the devine right to rule.

Common people have no right to question those who were born to rule.

How very 1300s of you.