Posted by Steve on 09/08/06 13:02

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:44:01 -0400, KimbaWLion <KimbaWLion> wrote:

>Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>>Why would you want to do this? It distorts the picture.
>
>Some people seem to be totally oblivious to picture distortion.
>
>Unfortunately, two of those people happen to be engineers at local digital
>TV stations, and they almost never show anything at the correct aspect
>ratio. They want to fill up all the space they paid for, too. Unwatchable.
>
>It's not so bad when someone wants to do it on his own TV. I don't know of
>any set that obliges this particular desire, tho.

I don't know about LCDs but every plasma set I've heard of allows for
adjusting the height (vertical stretch) in the settings menu. It's a
bit by bit setting though, not a one push "expand."

... Steve ..

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