> > Now I'm wondering how much processing would it need to add a greyscale (or any > other > > color) zoomed in main screen on both sides for those who dislike vertical black > bars. > > Hmm, yeah, like the processing some TV stations do when they show 4:3 content in the > middle of a 16:9 news program or whatever: have the 4:3 image in the middle, and a > blurred, contrast-reduced version of the sides of the 4:3 image used as the > letterboxes. I'll bet Ryan could do that.
You know that that's perfectly doable, and now I'm going to be up until 6AM until implementing exactly that, because it actually sounds cool as hell, right? God damn it.