JohnnyG
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The user manuals for the 4:3 sets have now been posted at Link Removed and has this to say:
"You can view programs that have conventional TV picture format (4:3 aspect ratio) and the wide-screen format (16:9 aspect ratio). This feature is available for 1080i digital broadcasts and 480p/480i DVD signals connected to the ColorStream HD1 and HD2 jacks."
There are two modes, Compression and Letterbox. Compression mode works like you'd expect. The Letterbox mode downconverts the material (360 lines for DVD, 810 lines for HD) and adds grey bars top and bottom to help prevent phosphor burn-in.
The Letterbox mode was also supposed to have something called 'Raster Shift' that would slowly scroll the 16:9 window up and down, but there is no mention of this in the user manual, so it may have been removed (fear of many "my picture keeps moving!" phone calls??).
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John Golitsis
Next Big Thing Electronics
"You can view programs that have conventional TV picture format (4:3 aspect ratio) and the wide-screen format (16:9 aspect ratio). This feature is available for 1080i digital broadcasts and 480p/480i DVD signals connected to the ColorStream HD1 and HD2 jacks."
There are two modes, Compression and Letterbox. Compression mode works like you'd expect. The Letterbox mode downconverts the material (360 lines for DVD, 810 lines for HD) and adds grey bars top and bottom to help prevent phosphor burn-in.
The Letterbox mode was also supposed to have something called 'Raster Shift' that would slowly scroll the 16:9 window up and down, but there is no mention of this in the user manual, so it may have been removed (fear of many "my picture keeps moving!" phone calls??).
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John Golitsis
Next Big Thing Electronics