[mythtv-users] Scaling HD content for SD screen

[Tom Lichti]

I've recently dipped my toes in the HD water, and while for the most 
part I am extremely pleased, I did notice one thing that isn't great, 
and I'm not sure if there is anything I can do. Basically any recorded 
HD content is not scaled correctly, in that I do see a letterbox effect, 
but the left portion of the display is cut off by about 5%, and the 
right is cutoff by probably 25-30%. By cutoff, I mean the image fills 
the full width of the screen, but it's not the actual full width of the 
feed. If I view it on my desktop (running 1024x768) the full width image 
is there, when it runs through the TV (800x600) it displays the cropped 
image. The TV display is a 5200, running VGA into a converter that 
outputs component to the TV.

Thoughts on how I can get the full width image to display on the TV?

Thanks
Tom