Posted by Mark B. on 12/03/06 14:37

"moviePig" <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote in message
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>
> Howard Brazee wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:35:43 -0800, Walter Traprock
>> <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Folks, you should know, there's HDTV in standard aspect ratio!
>> >
>> >There's no need for the distortion-vision of widescreen TVs!
>> >There's no need for bright gray bars to "warn" you that you're
>> >watching material in the "wrong" aspect ratio.
>>
>> But for some reason when you watch regular TV shows in HDTVs at
>> restaurants and stores, it's almost always distorted.
>
> I'll float an outright guess: Those are cheap (merely) digital
> widescreen-sets, with conversion flexibility that's cumbersome at best.
>


Actually, I'm sure they just have them set up that way on purpose so
clueless consumers don't ask questions about black bars.

Mark

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