Yes there is a way, because what you are watching is 16x9 SD.
Congratulations, you can't tell the difference between 480p upconverted and 1080. If I were you, I'd very quickly blame it on my TV in an attempt to shield yourself from the shame.
I'll take widescreen over nothing at all at least. I find myself more annoyed by 4x3 content than the actual resolution of what I'm watching. Although HD is nice as well...
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I'm not sure what YOU guys are seeing in your locale, but I'm watching right now on WJLA ABC 7 and there is NO WAY what I'm seeing isn't HD.
Yes there is a way, because what you are watching is 16x9 SD.
Congratulations, you can't tell the difference between 480p upconverted and 1080. If I were you, I'd very quickly blame it on my TV in an attempt to shield yourself from the shame.
I'll take widescreen over nothing at all at least. I find myself more annoyed by 4x3 content than the actual resolution of what I'm watching. Although HD is nice as well...