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Why Watch TV in Widescreen?

Saturday April 1, 2006
Watching regular television in widescreen can be annoying at times because the picture is distorted from how it is intended to be viewed. People look fatter and shorter. If you own a widescreen television, the only solution is to watch TV in the 4:3 or standard aspect ratio. But, this can be annoying too because then you have to contend with black or gray bars bordering the side of the image. What can you do?

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