Okay, so I just acquired my FIRST iPod ep of The Office.
I was prepared for its itty-bitty image, but what I didn’t expect is that it’s presented in the wrong aspect ratio!
Ipods default to a display of 320×240, I’ve come to realize, which is our old pal 4×3. Since The Office is TV-widescreen, it should be letterboxed–even on the iPod–to a height of 180, because 320×180 = 1.78×1. But it’s not! It’s 320×192, or 1.67×1.
I guess Apple figured it needed to fill as much of the height of the itty-bitty screen as possible, but the result is that everyone is just a little squeezed:
when they should look like this:
I suppose the actors don’t mind looking a little thinner… but sheesh!
Crappy Software 