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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maff, actually although some ads in the US are in widescreen, watching thme on high def channels usually means seeing a 16:9 widescreen ad shown in a 4:3 winodw inside of a 16:9 frame.<br><br>Yeah, ass-tastic is the word i'm looking for there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lawler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2005 3:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[The mastercard commercial with Kate Winslet, and some soap commercial. All I've seen so far.<br><br>I'd really like to know why more commercials for movies aren't in HD, cause it's such a waste of space having black bars all around, and it's not like the source material isn't that hard to convert in the first place...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 12:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, it's the American Express commercial with Kate Winslet. ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 1:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Target has had a few during How I met your Mother on CBS...about two weeks ago, I believe.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 1:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[So aren't most adverts in the US in widescreen?<br><br>Our government has forced all advertisments to be in widescreen and it's been like that for a few years now (most have done it themselves since Digital TV started in 99)<br><br>We just want Hi-def now but that's not launching til next year and it's not likely to take off that well to start with<br><br>I'm in the UK by the way]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maff Mace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 4:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[i think all circuitcity commericals on discovery hd are in widescreen]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mr.z]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 7:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[During Sunday's NFL games, I noticed that the Sharp Aquos ads were HD.  Pretty good strategy when you're selling HDTV's...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ARR]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[This has been going on since the start of the football season, actually.  Possibly earlier, but that is when I noticed it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 9:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ya but Josh, admit it, they have been FEW and FAR between to even hardly notice them.<br><br>Actually when I have watched like a Hockey game on HD Net it is almost funny when they have a 4:3 SD commercial on, it looks so bad.  But when the broadcast channels do an HD commercial, I almost don't notice unless I look hard enough at them, Man you have to love that DVR to skip them all together.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 9:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not being a football fan has robbed me of those oh-so-wonderful HD commercials. *SOB* But seriously, I find the 4:3 commercials annoying too, and still haven't seen any HD ones on the HD programming I watch. (Which is getting less and less, now that I can't get Smallville in HD in Ottawa.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henning Hoffmann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 10:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Masters golf tournament started running true HD ads 2 years ago on CBS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selest]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 10:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woe is me.  The Bears game on CBS was in SD this week, not HD.<br><br>Even my wife could tell that it wasn't HD, that's how bad it looked!  Almost unwatchable (especially when you combine it with the fact that it was Da Bears playing.  They're not very good).<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Buzzcut]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 11:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[Selest:<br>actually, 2 years ago the masters was broadcast commercial free, so i'm guessing they didn't have HD commercials that year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ARR]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 1:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on High definition ads]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/24/high-definition-ads/</guid><description><![CDATA[There was a high def Target ad on Grey's Anatomy last week.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 25th 2005 8:20PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>