16:9 Squeeze on any TV other than Sony Wega? (1 Viewer)

[Rich Friedberg]

Forgive me for posting what is probably a stupid question, but I have been out of the country for awhile and not following any of these lists.
When I left the only 4:3 TV that did a decent 16:9 squeeze was the sony Wega (at least that I was aware of).. have any other manufacturers stepped up and offered this feature?
Thanks
Rich

 

[Doug_L]

Rich,
Loewe has offered this on their TVs for years. The picture on their set is, IMO, better than that on Wegas. The Loewe's tend to be a bit more expensive and not quite as user-friendly as the Sony's, but then again, I'm not spending $2K on something to have cool features that I'll never use; I'd rather have the best picture that I can.
Good luck.

 

[Page]

The bigger screen (32 and up)Panasonic Taus have the squeeze. I've heard that Toshiba also has the squeeze function in their direct view TVs. (Their 4:3 RPTVs DO have the squeeze--the 70 and 71 series.)

 

[Dave_N]

Page,
I have the a 32" Tau (ct-32hx41). How do I enable this feature?
Dave

 

[Jeff]

Dave,
It should enable automatically as long as your DVD player is in 16x9 mode.