It is still an issue with plasma TVs. Particularly in the first 200 hours of operation. I started to notice a little bit of the lines showing after watching 4x3 material for a few hours. Also started to see the lines where the black on the top and bottom of 2.40:1 films were. But I did have to...
Well to be fair often times I'm not actually watching it as much as listening too it. Also I the stretch on my TV makes it so the middle of the screen is stretched very little and the sides are compressed more. So if someone is in the middle of the screen they look pretty normal....however...
I must admit to using stretch when watching the history channel or the discovery channel, but its really only to avoid burn in on my 2 month old plasma TV (I don't have high def cable yet).
Is that an imported 6 pack or domestic. I mean an imported 6 pack kinda guy might favor OAR. Of course the micro brew crowd would insist on lossless audio.;) Doug