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Re: VVS

From John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups uk.tech.broadcast
Subject Re: VVS
Date 2026-08-20 09:54 +0100
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On 20/08/2026 07:16, Old John wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2026 at 21:25:17 BST, ""J. P. Gilliver"" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 2026/8/19 15:36:30, NY wrote:
>> []
>>> I presume they also have to be able to take various esoteric mobile
>>> phone video formats, and rescale and add borders (for vertical video).
>>
>> Why do they _do_ that - to vertical video? I mean, especially, show a
>> blown-up blurred version of what's in the vertical strip; not only do I
>> find it aesthetically irritating from an engineering point of view, I
>> actually find it distracting.
>>
>> (If I was in charge of such, I'd mostly leave the sides blank, and
>> occasionally put text in the black area saying "shot with 'phone held
>> vertically" - and maybe sometimes give a spoken warning beforehand, as
>> they still do with "flashing images".)
>
> I do so agree! It is pointless and distracting. It's not as though a blank or
> black screen was in some way indecent.
>
There was probably a focus group involved in the decision.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

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