> an ever-greater portion of the television audience has HD widescreen televisions staring at them from across the living room, and that they feel notably oppre

> an ever-greater portion of the television audience has HD widescreen televisions staring at them from across the living room, and that they feel notably oppressed if all of their entertainments do not advantage themselves of the new hardware. It vexes them in the same way that many with color television sets were long ago bothered by the anachronism of black-and-white films, even carefully conceived black-and-white films. "oppressed", seriously ?! Is this actually backed by some studies, or is this just the rationalization behind marketing pushing widescreen to be seen at the point of 'progress' ? For my part, as a new viewer, I'd rather have the original vision even if it's in 4:3, rather than an unknown quality 16:9 one… And speaking of black and white films, I have seen a recent one named "Cold War" (a love story, actually), and 15 minutes in, had completely forgotten that it was B&W…