# Cinematography / Aspect: Next Food Network Star

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematography-aspect-next-food-network-star/545143>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 1, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematography-aspect-next-food-network-star/545143 "2010-07-01T01:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematography-aspect-next-food-network-star/545143/1 "2010-07-01T01:14:26Z")

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I’m watching NFNS on Food Network HD. I’m viewing it via a Dish Network feed.

What I notice on this show (and some others, but not all) is that there’s a weird distortion near the extreme edges. Is anyone else seeing this? It’s also not there during all shots. It’s as if some of the shots are shot 4:3 and are stretched to 16:9 rather than cropped or pillarboxed.

The setup on my end is “correct,” but I’ll spell it out for you in case you have doubts…  
Dish receiver 1080i -\>  
Denon upscaling receiver 1080p -\>  
Philips TV, set to unscaled aspect ratio.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematography-aspect-next-food-network-star/545143/2 "2010-07-01T01:35:58Z")

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[QUOTE=JerseyFrank]  
What I notice on this show (and some others, but not all) is that there’s a weird distortion near the extreme edges. Is anyone else seeing this? It’s also not there during all shots. It’s as if some of the shots are shot 4:3 and are stretched to 16:9 rather than cropped or pillarboxed.  
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AFAIK, that’s exactly what they’re doing. I see the same distortion on HGTV a lot - it’s pretty obvious when the shot is of something like siding or tile.

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**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematography-aspect-next-food-network-star/545143/3 "2010-07-02T16:36:14Z")

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That’s a wonky way to send the signal, but I get it. I suppose we’re another 10 years away from worrying about 4:3 safety.