In USA 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD says new study

[Rimmer]

Originally Posted by Stephen Neal

In the US 16:9 standard def sets are almost unheard of (apart from plasmas)

480p plasmas are actually EDTV (Extended Definition) due to progressive scanning, something that an SDTV cannot do.

[nh3com]

Originally Posted by StooMonster

I see plenty of people with 16:9 tvs / plasma / LCD and DVD player set to output 4:3

Some of them even work in tv / movies and should know better too.

StooMonster

count me as one of them, prefer 4:3 letterbox looks miles better then the distorted 16:9

[xavster]

count me as one of them, prefer 4:3 letterbox looks miles better then the distorted 16:9

But setup correctly it's NOT distorted.....

[Nic Rhodes]

But most peole can't set stuff correctly