Posted by Anim8rFSK on 12/04/06 06:57

In article <YYLch.2062$Ga1.187@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net>,
"Lincoln Spector" <notmyreal@address.com> wrote:

> "Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote in message
> news:ple4n2hh6kavbcjetmgecq0o5oblfkga2p@4ax.com...
> >
> > 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.
> That's because most people, including those running the restaurants and
> stores, don't know what they're doing.
>
> When my TV was delivered, the delivery guys helped me set it up. One of the
> first things I did, once everything was plugged in, was to set the default
> for all four inputs to "Normal" (4x3). This shocked the delivery guys. They
> felt they had to explain to me that I just bought a widescreen TV and should
> be watching everything in widescreen.
>
> Frankly, I love the fact that when I put in an anamorphic DVD and start
> playing the movie, the image gets wider. It's like the end of the prologue
> in This is Cinerama. THAT's what a widescreen TV should do.
>
> Lincoln

Okay, I'm shopping right now for HD tvs. I take it your set somehow
senses the DVD anamorphic signal?

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