Re: Deceptive advertising for 16x9?

[Fred Ferd]

"Dayday" <a@been.spammed.too.much> wrote in message
news:oo8th01cl7p6qh2burig2ps578ikervheb@4ax.com...
> Two things in the last week or so.
>
> ABC are showing ads for the repeat of Pride and Prejudice. The ads clearly
> show bits from the show in full 16x9 WS. Good, I thought, and tuned in to
> watch the show. It was 4x3! Looks like they have lopped the 4x3 image to
make
> it look like WS for the ads only. Mmm.

Probably accidental , due to loading footage from the movie,
when its the series they have on.


>
> More seriously, newspaper insert ads for WS TVs. "The only way to see the
> Games". Ads showing swimmers in beautiful 16x9 WS. I know there's
disclaimers,
> but if you brought a TV based on this - and the actual telecast is only
4x3 -
> do you have any rights under "misleading and deceptive" practices law?

Maybe you could try that, but they might get off because the olympics are
very temporary,
and so the comment may be seen to be flippant with no deceiptful character.

And its rather straw man - who wants to return the TV .. or are u going to
sue for damages
'emotional pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life' ...



Also you can press zoom , what you see would then be 16:9.