RussellTodd
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Can anyone lend some guidance as to which is better. I'm sure this topic has been discussed before. However, I am about to purchase an HDTV(not plasma). I typically watch more TV programming(most of which is not HDTV) & play video games more than DVD movies. Although I would like an HDTV in order to get the full experience of HD sports and DVD's. When watching regular programming on a widescreen the picture has to be stretched in order to fill the screen. Otherwise you are left with black lines on the side which I am told will burn your screen even if its not plasma. If I buy a regular 4:3 then when I watch HDTV I get black lines on the top and bottom of the screen. I am told by my local dealer that within 2 years most programming will be available in HD therefore I am better off with a widescreen. However, I am not convinced this is true. I don't want to pay 2k for a widescreen when 80% of what I watch will be in 4:3 format and therby causing me to watch a stretched picture. Conversely, I don't want to pay 2k for 4:3 TV and have it be oboselete in 2 years and everything I watch have black bars at the top and bottom.
Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. Can someone tell be which brands do the best job of not distorting the picture when stretching a 4:3 picture to fill the widescreen.
Thanks,
Russ
Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. Can someone tell be which brands do the best job of not distorting the picture when stretching a 4:3 picture to fill the widescreen.
Thanks,
Russ