Samsung 32" LCD TV warranty question

you will know when you are in 4:3 the picture will only fill a portion of the screen as it is not a widescreen format so you will have unused pixels at each end.

picture a standard television picture and superimpose that on your widescreen monitor....that is 4:3....chances are you don't watch much in 4:3 format as anything in 4:3, like standard TV channels and DVD's, are probably being scaled up by your monitor.

Basically what they are saying is if the entire display is not filled, the remaining areas, which would be black, may be damaged if left like that for extended periods......if the picture fills your entire display then this is not a concern, only when displaying images that do not completely fill the monitor should you be concerned, and even then, it would have to left on overnight or something for any burn in to occur...

btw, my Samsung HD LCD has a remote with which you can view the different scaling/ratio viewing options. Tthe button is labeled "PSIZE" and pressing it while viewing, say non HD TV, offers up 4:3, 16:9, Zoom 1 and Zoom 2. I generally change the size to Zoom1 for non-HD programming as that provides a full screen picture with minimal cut off.

Pressing this button if you have one should display the current picture size/ratio.