HDTV Receiver - thinner people?

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It depends on if what you are watching is a HD broadcast.

Normal everyday shows, say: Jerry Springer, are not going to be
broadcast in HD so if you set the receiver to HD, you would get a square
picture in the middle with black bars to the left and right. People
would look normal.

If you are watching CSI on CBS, a show broadcast in HD, then the pitcure
would take up the whole screen and people would look normal.

If you are watching a DVD movie, depending on the aspect, you would have
black bars on top and bottom. People would look normal.

Harlen Ng wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a 16:9 display on my TV which is HD ready. The OTA broadcast
> displays people a little fat and I don't want to change the format to
> 4:3 to view the people normally shaped. If I get a HDTV receiver and
> view the same program broadcasted in HD, will the people display normal
> at 16:9?
>
> Thanks -
>

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Harlen Ng wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a 16:9 display on my TV which is HD ready. The OTA broadcast
> displays people a little fat and I don't want to change the format to
> 4:3 to view the people normally shaped. If I get a HDTV receiver and
> view the same program broadcasted in HD, will the people display normal
> at 16:9?
>
> Thanks -

If the source is 16:9, yes. SD sources over HD channels will be
pillarboxed with black bars or fixed bars on the left and right sides.
If you have an HD ready TV, you really should get a HD cable set top box
or get an Over The Air ATSC tuner (Samsung SIR-T451 for example)
provided you have digital HD stations in your area or you have cable
with some HD channels.

Alan F

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"Harlen Ng" <harlen@cadence.com> wrote in message
news:41ED3199.19DEFEE4@cadence.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a 16:9 display on my TV which is HD ready. The OTA broadcast
> displays people a little fat and I don't want to change the format to
> 4:3 to view the people normally shaped. If I get a HDTV receiver and
> view the same program broadcasted in HD, will the people display normal
> at 16:9?
>
> Thanks -
>
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If you "don't want to change the format to 4:3 to view the people normally
shaped",
Then you are ALWAYS going to get some pictures distorted on any TV.
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Doug Le wrote:

> Does your TV have a Zoom mode? It will zoom it enough
> to fill the screen. The people won't be distorted, but some
> of the top and bottom of the picture will be cut out.

Yes it does. I like to see the entire picture. You do get use to
seeing slightly heavier people.

Thanks -