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What exactly are the defense industry implications

What exactly are the defense industry implications of having a high definition television system? Could someone enlighten this area of the article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.94.202.19 (talk • contribs) 14:47, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

List of current American high-definition channels Table Needs To Be Reformatted

The table at the List of current American high-definition channels section is a readability and accessibility nightmare, and needs to be completely reformatted, IMO.

First thing – get rid of the 'Letterbox/Pillarbox' column which is 1) entirely unsourced, and is 2) mostly extraneous info anyway (if this is at all relevant, it can be mentioned in prose, sourced to something). Second, why is 'Broadcast' 'colspanned' across two columns, but not cable?! – the broadcast nets should have a 'Category' as well: call it either 'General' or 'Entertainment'.

Third, my strong advice would be to split this info into two tables – one for networks that broadcast in 720p (e.g. ABC) and one for 1080i (which is most TV networks). This would eliminate another column from the table, and would eliminate a lot (though not all) of the horrible use of rowspan in the table which is a readability/accessibility nightmare.

Finally the 'First launched HD service' date either need to be sourced to something or that column too should be removed from the table.

But the current table is a mess, and seriously needs to be cleaned up. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:31, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm not sure what the intended meaning of those year ranges is in the Letterbox/Pillarbox column. An example, ABC definitely had Letterbox (widescreen) national news broadcasting before 2016. Here's a clip from the end of 2008, where their retrospective content was all in Pillarbox, but the monologue was widescreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPbudcxbBl4. Here's an example from the end of 2009, a special report, all widescreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZj8ijRCH-M. And, finally, an "ABC HD" clip of World News near the end of 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Yjo61b7bE. mmortal03 (talk) 00:20, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]