Video Asylum

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on November 26, 2003 at 07:59:27

In Reply to: Re: KV-34XBR910 Problems posted by jderdock on November 24, 2003 at 20:10:26:

"So if a show, such as Monday Night Football, IS presented in HD, it will automatically fill the screen with a 16:9 picture?"

Well, it kind of depends.... ;-) Your set-top-box or OTA HDTV tuner may also have an 'aspect ratio' button. In some cases this button has no affect and the HD picture is a full 16:9. In other cases, the aspect ratio button will change the picture from 4:3 and 'stretch' it to 16:9 but this doesn't look natural. And yet in other cases, the broadcast, depending on the channel / network, may be in 4:3 but still with a nice sharp image. When I'm receiving a TRUE 16:6 HD broadcast, the aspect ratio button on my HDTV tuner has no affect. Also, there is a similar button on the TV but I found that since I'm going thru the digital DVI port, it has no affect - however, it works when going thru the normal component analog input. It's a bit confusing but you get used to it after a while.