Posted by Lincoln Spector on 12/04/06 17:01

"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message
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> 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?
If everything is configured correctly (no guarantee of that, of course),
that's pretty standard.
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