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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When the digital cutoff comes in feb of next year…I'm kinda curious about the standard over the air channels that cable companies carry. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Will they be going widescreen on me?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Right now, I can have a 4:3 tv and watch the 4:3 local channels from my cable company, as oppossed to the 16:9 hd locals. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But after feb of next year, will those 4:3 channels even exist? I know that if I was doing just OTA, then with a converter box, the answer would be yes, only widescreen, leaving black bars above and below the picture…but what about cable? They have not mentioned anything in their ads except that you'll be just fine with cable.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Steve</FONT>
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