# why is the mlb on fox scoreboard so far to the left I can't see the score **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757 "2010-08-01T02:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/1 "2010-08-01T02:03:58Z")
what about us folks who don’t have widescreen TVs ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/2 "2010-08-01T02:27:23Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > what about us folks who don’t have widescreen TVs We don’t care about you. We are just annoyed that we have to get some things squashed into a fraction of our screens while we wait for the rest of you to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/3 "2010-08-01T04:05:30Z")
The type of viewer who doesn’t have a widescreen TV isn’t a very desirable person to advertise to these days. Sorry. It’s sort of like still having a black and white TV in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/4 "2010-08-01T21:42:35Z")
It is Fox. The left is always invisible. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/5 "2010-08-02T20:53:57Z")
Can you adjust the aspect ratio of your set? That may fix the problem. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/6 "2010-08-02T21:18:31Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is Fox. The left is always invisible. :rimshot: ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/7 "2010-08-02T21:29:15Z")
I noticed this on Saturday while I was watching the Giants-Dodgers game. I too have a non-widescreen TV. Luckily, the commentators on FOX are so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly horrible that it will be a pleasure to skip the TV broadcast and just listen on the radio the next time they are broadcasting a Giants game, so I won’t be missing anything. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/8 "2010-08-02T21:33:04Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I noticed this on Saturday while I was watching the Giants-Dodgers game. I too have a non-widescreen TV. Luckily, the commentators on FOX are so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly horrible that it will be a pleasure to skip the TV broadcast and just listen on the radio the next time they are broadcasting a Giants game, so I won’t be missing anything. Look out for the delay on the radio broadcast so they can cut the service and protect our sensibilities in the event that someone utters a naughty word. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/9 "2010-08-02T23:15:21Z")
Seriously, I am a little surprised that the box is not 4:3 safe. They may have just screwed up with their graphics package. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/10 "2010-08-03T01:58:21Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Seriously, I am a little surprised that the box is not 4:3 safe. They may have just screwed up with their graphics package. They do it all the time for regular programming, too. Just watch _The Simpsons_ or _House_ and you’ll see the credits bleed off the edges or compositions significantly off. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/11 "2010-08-03T02:36:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@gonzomax](#): > > > > It is Fox. The left is always invisible. > > :rimshot: > **[Welcome to Instant Rimshot](http://instantrimshot.com/)** > > If you need quick access to an ironicly-placed rimshot sound to mock your friends, or a genuinely-placed rimshot to put your great joke over the top, you've come to the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/12 "2010-08-03T02:46:29Z")
Personally, I’m annoyed to see the score box so close to the center of the screen on my widescreen set just so 4:3 viewers don’t have to buy a new TV. I’m equaly annoyed to see reruns of sitcoms stretched or cropped to fill the 16:9 screen. Broadcast the program in the original aspect ratio, please! Let us handle how to display it. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/13 "2010-08-03T03:38:54Z")
Another PSXer instant classic. So how’s 1985 treating ya? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/14 "2010-08-03T03:59:47Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > what about us folks who don’t have widescreen TVs Watching the ESPN coverage of the British Open Golf Championships the last three weeks (Men, Seniors, Womens), the camera would constantly have the hole on the very bottom of the picture. And then the omnipresent ESPN scroll would be covering the hole. Morons. **Gonzomax** , well done sir. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/15 "2010-08-03T04:11:20Z")
does everyone really have widescreen TVs except me wow, you must be rich ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/16 "2010-08-03T04:43:06Z")
On my mum’s old Quasar brand TV (which is close to being an antique, plays my SNES games perfectly, and I will never EVER throw away), I just adjust the H and V hold, and that shrinks the ratio enough so I can see the scoreboard. Ditto for the sportsticker on ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/17 "2010-08-03T04:48:55Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > They do it all the time for regular programming, too. Just watch _The Simpsons_ or _House_ and you’ll see the credits bleed off the edges or compositions significantly off. This is why I no longer watch the Simpsons on Fox - Global, the Canadian broadcaster, letterboxes it, like a sensible broadcaster broadcasting 16:9 material for 4:3 sets. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/18 "2010-08-03T04:52:03Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > does everyone really have widescreen TVs except me > > wow, you must be rich I feel the same way sometimes. I can’t imaging buying a new TV until the old one doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/19 "2010-08-03T17:37:08Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > > [@PSXer](#): > > > > does everyone really have widescreen TVs except me > > > > wow, you must be rich > > I feel the same way sometimes. I can’t imaging buying a new TV until the old one doesn’t work. Ordinarily I’d agree, but HDTV has been around long enough that your CRT has got to be getting pretty old. I mean, I got my 37" 720p TV for $300 on Black Friday last year–compare to the previous CRT I bought in 2003, which was $250 for a 27". It’s still a case where you have to shop to sales, but they’re not exactly a luxury item anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757/20 "2010-08-03T18:10:30Z")
Is there a good overscan converter box? My giant toob set is about the last one made with no aspect ratio switch. It doesn’t have horizontal hold, either. It’s a good SD set, and too goddam heavy to toss. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mlb-on-fox-scoreboard-so-far-to-the-left-i-cant-see-the-score/548757.md?page=2)