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Now to comment on the idea of "removing letterboxing" at all: I find that whole idea to be lousy.
There is nothing worse than mutilating the original composition of a movie (or even a wide-screen TV show) and chopping out parts from the sides, just so "the whole TV screen is lit up with a picture".
Chopping up movies and TV shows to make them all appear the same size (whether on 4:3 screens that we all collect, or on 16:9 wide-screen sets when watching old TV shows or pre-1953 movies) is no better than cutting off the head on the Mona Lisa because "its frame is taller than the picture next to it". Would you really want EVERY picture in an art museum to be the same size and shape? Movies and TV shows are no different; they exist in a number of widths (or heights) and aspect ratios.
There are plenty of TV channels and DVDs with 4:3 shows that can be watched "full screen" on our old sets very nicely.
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Chris
Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
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