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Originally Posted by andy
The whle aspect ration thing is a real disaster. Leaving it up to the viewer was a big mistake. It should have been made fully automatic right from the start of 16:9 sets. Almost every wide screen TV I see is set wrong. Most people don't notice when it's wrong and don't understand how to set it up correctly. My mom was surprised when I told her that everyone isn't supposed to look fat on a wide screen TV!
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Even tho' my set has options for different screen sizes on 1 16x9 screen, non of them can really do a 4x3 image very well,for all non HD sources.For HD,it locks to the "full" mode and that cannot be changed.This is what I use exclusively now with digital cable.
But,just like the old saying for NTSC, the images that are displayed on the HD channels are so inconsistant,it really makes you wonder what the engineers are smoking.On some channels,all that's being done is blowing up a 4x3 image to fill a 1.78:1 screen.Not true HD by any stretch..they're just passing it as such.Very little true HD programing on the HD channels..it seems to be mostly SD.At least I know what to expect on the 4x3 channels. So,it's not just the viewers who haven't a clue.