Widescreen TV question (1 Viewer)

[BobDilley]

I went to a friend's house who has a Mitsubishi 65" widescreen television. I'm currently planning on buying the same thing.

Anyhow, we were watching cable TV on this television and I noticed that everything on the both ends of the TV are stretched.
For example, a car looks super large on this widescreen TV when it is shown at the left or right of the TV.
However, when I went to BestBuy I couldn't see this problem.

Is this problem normal for widescreen televisions?
Or is there some way to change the setting so everything is not stretched?

I'd appreciate any help.

 

[Sean Moon]

There are several stretch modes on all 16:9 sets. The one you witnesses simply stretches the edges, leaving the middle untouched. Some modes stretch it all to the sides, some just zoom in, cropping off the top and bottom a little.

It is normal for most stretch modes. You can also watch the 4:3 material windowboxed, with bars on the sides.