Re: OT: Digital TV Converter Box Report

cambronj <cambronj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Scott M. Kozel wrote:

All in all, I have considerably more features, and the only negative is
a slightly smaller image.

Scott,

The smaller image is the result of the wide screen aspect ratio (16:9)
being displayed on your old 4:3 aspect ratio TV.

Your converter box can be set to clip the sides off the 16:9 aspect
ratio to fill the full screen of your 4:3 aspect ratio TV.

I leave my box in the clip mode as most of the programing I watch is
broadcast in the 4:3 aspect ratio. The only time I change the box to
display 16:9 is when I watch the NASCAR on ABC.

Thanks, John ... I see that there are 4 different possible settings for the aspect ratio.

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