Rave: HD tv

[maddash]

So what do you guys do when viewing 4:3 standard definition on your 16:9 screen? Do you keep it at 4:3 and have the black boxes at the ends, or do you stretch it to 16:9. We've been stretching it and you hardly notice the change after a while.

[cardinalkarp]

So what do you guys do when viewing 4:3 standard definition on your 16:9 screen? Do you keep it at 4:3 and have the black boxes at the ends, or do you stretch it to 16:9. We've been stretching it and you hardly notice the change after a while.

I stretch it. For one when you leave those black bars on the sides it doesn't use that part the tv causing it to wear unevenly (this is really only a problem on plasmas). I don't know how long it would take to notice (probably never) but I just do it for piece of mind. I don't hardly notice anymore though when I watch something that's stretched.

[jim]

So what do you guys do when viewing 4:3 standard definition on your 16:9 screen? Do you keep it at 4:3 and have the black boxes at the ends, or do you stretch it to 16:9. We've been stretching it and you hardly notice the change after a while.

I don't like the distortion that the stretching causes.

[paskal]

So what do you guys do when viewing 4:3 standard definition on your 16:9 screen? Do you keep it at 4:3 and have the black boxes at the ends, or do you stretch it to 16:9. We've been stretching it and you hardly notice the change after a while.

I don't like the distortion that the stretching causes.

I don't have a plasma & for some reason on my TV the quality of the 4:3 picture looks like crap with any of the stretching options - so I just keep it with the bars on the sides.

[clevername]

I stretch on my 42 inch plasma and you do get used to it. I fear burn in (even though it's much less likely with today's plasmas) and, at that size, prefer to fill the entire screen as I paid an arm and a leg for it.

On the projector, I leave the bars. The image is still huge and there's no burn in.