10-28-2009, 12:56 AM
olnacl wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
ugh.
i cannot stand that. if its 4:3 i watch it in 4:3. If its 16:9 I watch it in 16:9
Ditto! Except a friend just purchased a Sammy 42" LCD and the user manual says not to watch anything letterboxed. My Sony is 4 years old and more than half the programs I watch are letterboxed. So far, no problems and I figure it doesn't owe me anything now anyway. I can't believe Samsung would "force" the user to stretch every 4x3 channel!
The manual for my Samsung LCD doesn't say that at all. It says, " Watching the LCD TV in 4:3 format for a long period of time may leave traces of borders displayed on the left, right and center of the screen caused by the difference of light emission on the screen."
AAA, I think you should find one of these "crappy engineers" and let him explain to you why you can't stretch a 4:3 image on the fly without any distortion. Then, you can explain to him how it CAN be done.