DTV on standard NTSC TVs

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I've got Verizon Fios, and run an HD box on an SDTV. I did this because I have a non-hd slingbox, but it doesn't handle interlaced content that great. So I mostly have the box to send 720p 16:9 in to the thing.

However, I use RF on my old TV. The box will let you pick letterbox or pan-scan options. It all works well....except....on some locals and when content is pillarboxed (4:3 matted for 16:9). I essentially wind up with a picturebox, pillarboxing from the station...letterbox because the box auto leterboxes HD channels. I have to set it to pan/scan when this happens...otherwise I enjoy the letterboxing...and the donconverts of HD *sometimes* looks sharper than the actual SD channel...although since fios runs their SD channels at full res and not 480x480 like other providers....there's rarely much difference.

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