HDMI Converter Recommendations

[user181]

Originally Posted by Tim R.

The unit I have will scale 16:9 videos so that they fill the whole screen with no black bars. Unfortunately, 4:3 videos appear as squares with black pillars on each side. I have yet to find a workaround for that, but considering most content is 16:9 I just live with it.

That's the problem I experience with certain OTA broadcasts. Is there any insight as to why that occurs?

[Tim R.]

Originally Posted by user181

That's the problem I experience with certain OTA broadcasts. Is there any insight as to why that occurs?

No idea. Being that 4:3 is the native aspect ratio of our TVs, you'd think there wouldn't be issues...but here we are. If you find a workaround I'd be very interested to know what you did.

Originally Posted by user181

I just ordered one of these converters:

http://ebay.to/2ttYFIm

Whenever it arrives, I'll share my observations of its performance.

I think that might be the same one I have - you just found a better price!

I haven't used it with anything other than my current setup, so I'm curious to see how it performs with a true vintage set and a different HDMI source.