Wow, I've never heard of anything like that, but I have noticed that Fox's SD channel consistently is 4:3, but the programing is obviously cut off on the sides due to the fact that the "FOX in High Definition" watermark that runs on both the SD and HD goes off the edge of the screen on the SD station!

Like I said, all of my HD locals have the right ratios, even The CW!

EDIT: I'm going to start a new thread on this, and stop taking over Gaff's!

EDIT2: I've never had good luck with my own threads, so nevermind!