On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:53:41 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote
(in article<115713882.687851482.136859.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>):

> danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
> > In<0001HW.28FD0463001466AA30A44F38F@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup
> > <plutedpup@outlook.com> writes:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > I've never seen it, but I've heard that MeTV chops off
> > > the top and bottom of it's shows for fake widescreen;
> > > if that is acceptable then so is chopping the rest of
> > > the show. So the outrage of MeTV begins with their
> > > butchery of the picture, and if that bad engineering
> > > passes, it's bound to get worse.
> >
> > It's not "quite" that horrible. I'm looking at
> > a Perry Mason episode right not and... it's got
> > black bars ("letterboxing") on the sides.
> >
> > HOWEVER, they're about half the width they "should be".
> >
> > So it looks like MeTV is doing a roughly 1/2 "expansion",
> > for want of a better term. So yes, some top and bottom
> > is "off the screen", but not as messed up as with some
> > of the other folk.
> >
> > (Of course I'd much rather a full letterbox, etc. But
> > I'd also like calorie free seven layer cake..)
>
> MeTV seems to be slightly squishing, cropping off the top and bottom, and
> putting pillar boxes on the left and right, in a desperate attempt to
> offend absolutely everybody.

There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.

re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders

In <0001HW.2900DBF500345C0230F4D538F@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> writes:

[snip]

>There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
>their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
>better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.

>re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders

You mean like... The Super Bowl?

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_____________________________________________________
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On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> In <0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup <plut...@outlook.com> writes:
>
> [snip]
> >There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> >their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> >better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
>
> >re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> You mean like... The Super Bowl?
>
>
> --
> _____________________________________________________
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dan...@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

"This is a hoax, right?"
"It isn't."
You really work for the NFL, then?

On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:36:11 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> > In <0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup <plut...@outlook.com> writes:
> >
> > [snip]
> > >There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> > >their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> > >better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
> >
> > >re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> > You mean like... The Super Bowl?
> >
> >
> > --
> > _____________________________________________________
> > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> > dan...@panix.com
> > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
> "This is a hoax, right?"
> "It isn't."
> You really work for the NFL, then?

"Yes."
It's important that we "affirm ourselves", etc.

On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 12:42:45 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:36:11 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> > > In <0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup <plut...@outlook.com> writes:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > > >There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> > > >their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> > > >better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
> > >
> > > >re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> > > You mean like... The Super Bowl?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > _____________________________________________________
> > > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> > > dan...@panix.com
> > > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
> > "This is a hoax, right?"
> > "It isn't."
> > You really work for the NFL, then?
> "Yes."
> It's important that we "affirm ourselves", etc.

Some people seem a lot like "MeTV" to me, though.
(It's not a "key" mythology for me, and I would be well quits with them.)

On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:10:31 -0700, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:

> On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 12:42:45 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:36:11 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> > > > In<0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup<plut...@outlook.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> > > > > their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> > > > > better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
> > > >
> > > > > re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> > > > You mean like... The Super Bowl?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > _____________________________________________________
> > > > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> > > > dan...@panix.com
> > > > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
> > > "This is a hoax, right?"
> > > "It isn't."
> > > You really work for the NFL, then?
> > "Yes."
> > It's important that we "affirm ourselves", etc.
>
> Some people seem a lot like "MeTV" to me, though.
> (It's not a "key" mythology for me, and I would be well quits with them.)

MeTV crops and distorts the picture, some people are like that.

On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 10:01:25 PM UTC-8, Pluted Pup wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:10:31 -0700, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
>
> > On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 12:42:45 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > > On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:36:11 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> > > > > In<0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup<plut...@outlook.com> writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> > > > > > their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> > > > > > better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
> > > > >
> > > > > > re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> > > > > You mean like... The Super Bowl?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > _____________________________________________________
> > > > > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> > > > > dan...@panix.com
> > > > > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
> > > > "This is a hoax, right?"
> > > > "It isn't."
> > > > You really work for the NFL, then?
> > > "Yes."
> > > It's important that we "affirm ourselves", etc.
> >
> > Some people seem a lot like "MeTV" to me, though.
> > (It's not a "key" mythology for me, and I would be well quits with them.)
> MeTV crops and distorts the picture, some people are like that.

And I'll take "weak Reaganite beer" for... relatively little?

On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2:55:00 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 10:01:25 PM UTC-8, Pluted Pup wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:10:31 -0700, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 12:42:45 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > > > On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:36:11 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:38:41 PM UTC-7, danny burstein wrote:
> > > > > > In<0001HW.2900DBF50...@news.giganews.com> Pluted Pup<plut...@outlook.com> writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > > There's the conspiracy theory that TV companies degrade
> > > > > > > their programming on purpose to make the commercials look
> > > > > > > better. MeTV is also doing that with it's content.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > re: Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders
> > > > > > You mean like... The Super Bowl?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > _____________________________________________________
> > > > > > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> > > > > > dan...@panix.com
> > > > > > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
> > > > > "This is a hoax, right?"
> > > > > "It isn't."
> > > > > You really work for the NFL, then?
> > > > "Yes."
> > > > It's important that we "affirm ourselves", etc.
> > >
> > > Some people seem a lot like "MeTV" to me, though.
> > > (It's not a "key" mythology for me, and I would be well quits with them.)
> > MeTV crops and distorts the picture, some people are like that.
> And I'll take "weak Reaganite beer" for... relatively little?

"I don't watch a lot of TV."