Ok, I then have (maybe) a stupid question...<br><br>Will my PVR-350 record "wide format" content?<br><br>I'd assumed I need an HD receiver. Am I incorrect? (I'm in the US.)<br><br>-Pete<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Perkins</b> <<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>> On 04/30/2007 07:07 PM, Yan Seiner wrote:<br>>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:<br>>><br>>>> I have to disagree. I say deal with the black bars in SD in<br>>>> preparation for when all content goes to HD format. I have a 42" HDTV
<br>>>> display but mostly watch 4:3 content from DirecTV. Sure, the bars are<br>>>> a little annoying but you get used to them quickly and when I pop in<br>>>> a DVD or watch something I've captured OTA HD, it's a REAL treat.
<br>>> I guess it depends on how long you plan to keep your set, and how much<br>>> money you have. 4:3 monitors are *cheap* these days - so if you're<br>>> going to keep it only for a couple of years, I'd say go for the 4:3.
<br>>><br>>> OTOH if you have the money and you're planning long term, and you have<br>>> the space to waste, go for a 16:9 with a comparable 4:3 viewing area.<br>>> This will be a good bit bigger than a 4:3 monitor....
<br>><br>> But remember that brand new high-definition TV's may not last as long as<br>> most of us think TV's should (those of us who grew up with old-fashioned<br>> CRT TV's). I wouldn't plan to buy something "to last me" 10 years.
<br>> (Perhaps not even in 5 years. 3 years? Probably.)<br>><br>> Mike "waiting for a replacement light engine for my 18-month-old 67"<br>> 1080p DLP" Dean<br>> _______________________________________________
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</a><br>><br>In the UK at least, even though practically all transmission/cable is<br>SD, quite a large proportion is in fact 16:9. I have a 26" widescreen<br>LCD TV display and there are very few programs that are not widescreen,
<br>so have to juggle the width setting.<br><br>In fact, thinking about it, the only 4:3 I can remember offhand are<br>archive items from the BBC (think old Dr Who) and broadcasts from other<br>countries where they don't do widescreen much yet - for example European
<br>soccer matches.<br><br>You don't say which country you are - most of the replies assume the US<br>- but a bit of investigation of your local area may turn up more<br>widescreen programming than you might expect. Most stuff we get here
<br>from across the pond is widescreen, so it's generally getting made as such.<br><br>Just my 0.02 GBP.<br><br>Mike Perkins<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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