Most movies come in wide-screen format, however, so you lose some of those 480 vertical pixels to black letterbox bars.

But the wide-screen format of the original 1976 film has been preserved, leaving distracting borders.

In the wide-screen format, the image is flattened to its original rectangular proportions, allowing figures lopped off for television back into the action.

The problem is that high-definition programming is generally broadcast in a new wide-screen format.

Unfortunately, Palm programs have to be rewritten to exploit the wide-screen format.

The stories are poignant and exquisitely produced, filmed in wide-screen format.

The picture and sound quality are excellent on standard TV sets, although you should be warned that most of them play in wide-screen format.

For those who watch sports on high-definition television, the Super Bowl has become a regular attraction in the wide-screen format.

For "Lincoln" he used a wide-screen format typical of feature films.

"Nashville" has just opened at the Film Forum in its original wide-screen format.