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Originally Posted by rhyang
so why dont they put them out in 4:3 letter box mode so people with 16:9 and 4:3 tvs can see the whole pic it would make more sence
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If a 16:9 picture is letterboxed on a 4:3 TV, then 25% of the screen area is wasted due to the black bars. In fact it's worse than that because the broadcasters don't put any useful content at the sides of the pictures. (Look where they put the banners and logos on Sky News or BBC News 24).
But if STB zooms the picture to 14:9 (like the Samsung box will do when set to "4:3 letterbox"), this increases the useful picture area to around 85% of the screen.
"4:3 normal" zooms the picture even more so 100% of the TV screen area shows useful content.