The Wire is being remastered in HD and 16:9 aspect ratio and it's great that David Simon is on board. My favourite bit of Simon's blog post, though, was where he talks about how some of the scenes were framed:

“An early example that caught my eye is a scene from the pilot episode, carefully composed by Bob, in which Wee Bey delivers to D’Angelo a homily on established Barksdale crew tactics. “Don’t talk in the car,” D’Angelo reluctantly offers to Wee Bey, who stands below a neon sign that declares, “burgers” while D’Angelo, less certain in his standing and performance within the gang, stands beneath a neon label of “chicken.””

So clever.