Why was BB not widescreen until 2006?

[zenon]

By the time BB started in summer 2000 it was commonplace for new British TV shows to be made in widescreen so why were the first six series in 4:3 then?

[Epic.]

Probably to try and make it look more like a realistic home

[Marsh.]

It wasn't commonplace in 2000 at all.

[MB.]

BBUS didn't start filming in widescreen until 2014, so I'd say it's pretty common for cheap-to-film reality TV shows to stick with the camera equipment they have until it's absolutely necessary to upgrade

[PatPearson]

Probably cause loads of 16:9 cameras were expensive in 2000.

[UserSince2005]

because not all of the cameras in the house were updated to widescreen until BB7

[Alf]

What does it matter if it's widescreen or not? You still see the same old sh!te on it, but wider, what goods that?