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To: TimF who wrote (138389)	7/30/2001 7:45:55 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583961

Tim - Re:"But most movies and TV programing is formated for regular TV. How does that look on an HDTV and is there a problem with burning in part of the screen while displaying regular TV images if little that you watch is HDTV? HDTV has several size modes that you can use. You can see which works best for you. One mode will just leave black vertical screen areas to frame the normal format. HDTV has a wider aspect ratio than regular TV. Others will stretch or squish the picture to fit the screen. Many of the newer DVD movies have the ability to select a wide screen format that matches HDTV