[BC] Re: HDTV, IBOC and the dopy general public

[Robert Meuser]

Xmitters at aol.com wrote:

>Now, maybe there are controls on the HDTV monitors that make it automagically 
>switch from 4:3 to 6:9 but they are apparently not being used. I would rather 
>have proper aspect ratio and dark lines on each side than all of the people look 
>fat. Oh, I just figured out why they don't do that! Why buy a 16:9 monitor 
>only to see what you've paid for, all chopped off. Obviously picture clarity is 
>all that counts to most people. How real it looks matters not. 
>  
>
Jeff:

You can make monitors do pretty well whatever you want.  Stretching and 
cropping are both options. If you have a true Hi Def feed, 4X3 programs 
have side panels. It is totally up to the end user.  Personally I use 
4X3 stretch for SD channels and 16 X 9 for HI def feeds which will give 
me any 4 X 3 as 4 X3. I let my cable box pass 720 P and 1080I as native 
without conversion. 4x3 signal also gets line doubled in both directions 
so you get about a 1000 lines by 1400 which does make prettier pictures. 
Also, my stretch is not as brutal as what you described.

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