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4:3 images stretched to 16:9 Screens..........my Rant...................

Posted by Cut-Throat on May 8, 2009 at 16:30:21:
One of my biggest Pet Peeves with Video over the last 5 years is projecting 4:3 images onto a 16:9 Screen. It seems about 98% of the population does this.

They want to 'Show' the widescreen and don't mind stretching the faces to make it happen.

Every single Electronic Retailer I have walked into over the last 5 years insists on stretching the 4:3 Image to fill the Screen. Almost every house I have walked into does the same thing. Don't they know how to use the Zoom Feature?

Does this Bug only me?

Cut-Throat