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Old 05-28-2009, 10:22 AM
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REAL TVs have TUBES!
 
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I have the cheap RCA and mid-line Zenith boxes, and both have selectable aspet ratios. But none seems to be quite true on a standard 4:3 tube. The closest I can get is to select 16:9, which seems to be the closest (neither fat & short nor thin & tall). That sacrifices about 20% of the picture viewing area in the form of insufficient vertical height. The whole subject stinks; from A to Z.

Charles
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