Hi guys + gals
I'm thinking of taking the plunge into the sea of big TVs in the next month or so. I think I'm pretty sure of the choice of plasma over LCD, also that the screen will be an 8th gen 42" pio.
The one thing that I am looking for an answer to now is the following. 90%+ of my watching is done with my HTPC as the source. Now the problem is that of the rectangular pixels on the screen and having the HTPC think it is dealing with a 4:3 screen due to the selection of the 1024x768 res. I use media portal (install on XP) to watch most of my TV and PowerDVD to watch DVDs. Has anyone figured a reliable way to get the aspect ratio correct with the 4:3 -> 16:9 conversion? Does PowerStrip off this, ideally the solution would apply to windows in general rather than just individual programs.
Many thanks
Eric
I'm thinking of taking the plunge into the sea of big TVs in the next month or so. I think I'm pretty sure of the choice of plasma over LCD, also that the screen will be an 8th gen 42" pio.
The one thing that I am looking for an answer to now is the following. 90%+ of my watching is done with my HTPC as the source. Now the problem is that of the rectangular pixels on the screen and having the HTPC think it is dealing with a 4:3 screen due to the selection of the 1024x768 res. I use media portal (install on XP) to watch most of my TV and PowerDVD to watch DVDs. Has anyone figured a reliable way to get the aspect ratio correct with the 4:3 -> 16:9 conversion? Does PowerStrip off this, ideally the solution would apply to windows in general rather than just individual programs.
Many thanks
Eric