View Poll Results: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
In a 4:3 Windowbox with black bars on the sides
184
83.26%
Stretched to fill the 16:9 Display
18
8.14%
Zoomed to fill the 16:9 Display
0
0%
A Combination of both Stretch and Zoom to fill the 16:9 Display
10
4.52%
Use multiple methods above with no preference
7
3.17%
Other
2
0.90%
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How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
03-08-13, 03:49 PM
#76
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
My first WS TV was a RPTV Mitsubishi which had a stretch mode where just the sides were stretched to fill the screen so the middle looked fine. On my Panasonic I just watch it with the pillars. I'm a little worried about burn-in but I don't watch enough of it to matter
03-08-13, 04:11 PM
#77
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
Isn't it still possible to zoom in 4:3 material in HD?
Also, while I try to watch everything in HD if possible, some very good stuff simply isn't HD. I recently got the Get A Life DVD boxset, which is a great show not available in HD.
On TV, some channels aren't available in HD by my provider, so shows on those are watched in HD. And some HD TV channels stretch SD shows, making the SD option more palatable.
Also, while I try to watch everything in HD if possible, some very good stuff simply isn't HD. I recently got the Get A Life DVD boxset, which is a great show not available in HD.
On TV, some channels aren't available in HD by my provider, so shows on those are watched in HD. And some HD TV channels stretch SD shows, making the SD option more palatable.
03-08-13, 04:12 PM
#78
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch-o-Vision
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=414079
My wife finds this type of stretch disconcerting when the camera pans, even getting a little dizzy. I just dislike it a lot. The last time I saw it was a special airing of the classic Doctor Who serial "Tomb of the Cybermen" on BBCA HD. I ended up turning it off and watching the serial on Amazon Prime, where it was properly pillarboxed.
03-08-13, 04:13 PM
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
03-08-13, 04:19 PM
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
I've been to MANY restaurants that show ESPN on widescreen TVs, coming from a standard 4x3 source with the picture letterboxed- they feed that to the TVs and then STRETCH that so you have a super-wide picture with the "dreaded black bars" on top and bottom. I never leave a tip if I eat anyplace that does that.
03-09-13, 05:10 PM
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
Did I mention that I didn't even GET a widescreen TV until 2010, one main reason being that I was waiting for one that could still show 4x3 material PROPERLY??? (I refused to tolerate grey side bars, those are annoying as hell. If forced to choose between stretching or zooming, I'd pick zooming since at least everything stays properly proportioned- I don't know why more people don't do that instead of stretch, but it seems most TVs default to that. I had to manually set all my standard-def sources on my current TV to not be stretched. Also, all my analog video sources like VHS and LD go through my receiver, which upscales them to 1080P with black side bars, and sends that to the TV thru HDMI.)
03-09-13, 06:15 PM
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
For those of you who stretch/zoom 4:3 because of the fear of burn-in, do you do the same with 2.35:1 content? I have a current generation Panasonic plasma, and it's OAR all the way for me.
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03-09-13, 07:00 PM
#84
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Re: How Do You Usually Watch 4:3 Material On Your 16:9 Display?
I've had LCD TVs for a decade now that show black bars on the sides.
