Saturday, January 20, 2007

Say no to stretch mode

Wide screen TVs are all the rage now. Naturally, they are the perfect television for viewing wide screen (16:9) movies and premium (High Definition) television content.

What I find so curious is that many folks who own a wide screen TV insist on viewing regular (4:3) broadcast content in stretch mode, rather than have to look at those two black bars on the sides of the screen. This really distorts the picture and makes people look wide.

One of the things in life that used to really annoy me the most was having to listen to an unanswered telephone or alarm. Now having to watch normal TV in stretch mode is coming in a close second.

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