Want a Better Product? Try Piracy

When Napster was public enemy number one, the music industry made the point that downloaded music was often of inferior quality than the original CD - which was often true. Strange, then, that some TV studios are providing legal downloads via iTunes that fall short.

The story begins with Jeff (I'm sure he has a last name, but I don't know what it is) over on the-ish.com, who noted that when he buys an episode of Lost on iTunes, it has a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is cropped from the 16:9 widescreen image that HDTV viewers see.

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