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In Reply to: Partial reply posted by BQ on January 19, 2003 at 14:53:09:

Thanks, BQ. I lean to 16:9 but here is a logistics problem perhaps you can address.
Right now I have a 32" old tech TV, which is the right size for my room. The largest widescreen my room can accommodate is 34", perhaps 36" if I push it.
I understand, however, that a 4:3 picture on a 16:9 widescreen set of those sizes will be more on the order of 24" - 27" diagonal if I don't stretch the picture. That is just too small. So what do I do?
Thanks.
Neal

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Re: Partial reply - Mel 07:23:16 01/23/03 (0)
As was written, all of the 16:9 screens have a stretch mode. They take the 5:4 picture and stretch it to the wide screen. Some are clearly better at doing that than are others. One of the best at it is Toshiba, and I suggest you look at a Toshiba set and decide for yourself. They must use a very fancy algorithm because I think they do an amazing job of it.
Of course, if you are certain that you're not going to watch much wide-screen material, you've answered your own question.
However, as someone wrote, wide screen will more and more become the norm.
Mel

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