Dylan Savage
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2002
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Hello all!
Question - I've never had a 16:9 TV before, and I'm buying a new RPHDTV soon for my family room. I don't have any kids, and my fiancee doesn't watch that much TV, so it's going to be mostly me using it. I do watch cable TV (perhaps switching to satellite) but I also love to watch DVD's and am going to get an HD STB to get OTA HDTV.
Is 16:9 the way to go? Or is 4:3 more appropriate? I've seen the stretching in the stores on the "full" and "just" modes of the Panasonic 16:9, and it doesn't seem too bad. I guess what I'm asking is, is this something you can live with day to day, or does it get really annoying/distracting? I suppose "Zoom" would do a little better (no distortion) for some material. It's certainly easy enough to switch aspect modes.
Any input on this? Thanks!
Question - I've never had a 16:9 TV before, and I'm buying a new RPHDTV soon for my family room. I don't have any kids, and my fiancee doesn't watch that much TV, so it's going to be mostly me using it. I do watch cable TV (perhaps switching to satellite) but I also love to watch DVD's and am going to get an HD STB to get OTA HDTV.
Is 16:9 the way to go? Or is 4:3 more appropriate? I've seen the stretching in the stores on the "full" and "just" modes of the Panasonic 16:9, and it doesn't seem too bad. I guess what I'm asking is, is this something you can live with day to day, or does it get really annoying/distracting? I suppose "Zoom" would do a little better (no distortion) for some material. It's certainly easy enough to switch aspect modes.
Any input on this? Thanks!