Why is it that some HDTV channel doesn't have full screen? I have a Comcast HDTV cable box and some time ESPN will show NBA game that's just in the middle, the left and right side are black. My TV is set to Wide screen so it's not my TV/Samsung DLP. Just curious...
Not all programming on an HD channel is high defintion. That basketball game is being shot with SD cameras so it will be broadcast in SD with sidebars since all broadcast HDTV is 16:9 ratio.