[mythtv-users] Is cable going widescreen?

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics <
steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:

>
>> Why would OTA with a converter box switch to widescreen only?
>>
>
>
> Maybe not widescreen "only" (you could tell your converbox to stretch the
> picture to fill, or zoom perhaps, etc), but the signal will be a 16:9
> signal. For cable, digital does not mean 16:9, as digital cable channels are
> mostly 4:3, but HD does mean 16:9...i've yet to see an hd channel broadcast
> in 4:3.
>
> Digital != HD

Kevin
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