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RE: compared to what?

The Tivo3 is essentially a fancy HD DVR that delivers standard and HD broadcasts. It doesn't do upscaling and I mostly use it to watch HD content at 720 or 1080i. So any standard def images via the Tivo3, the plasma is automatically stretching 4:3 to fit the 16:9 screen and this doesn't bother me enough to change the plasma's settings. For one thing, I risk a different luminescence on the sides of the screen over time if I insist on watching all 4:3 content in the middle of the screen. For another, it looks crappy anyway, so why try to put a silk cap on a pig.

The NTSC image from DVD is another matter, and I do use the upscaler in the PS3 for that.
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