Quote Originally Posted by brulaha
Maybe I mispoke. You do have to zoom, correct?
Yes. On the model in question, you can zoom without distortion. Actully, it is more crop them zoon in 1080i mode. In 480i or 480p modes, there are zoom. What is great about it is I can switch to any modes at any time I feel like it. To me crop at left/right sides on 16:9 on 4:3 set is far better than crop at top and bottom when using a 16:9 set to disply 4:3. As for letter box, I also find top and bottom bars on the 4:3 set more acceptable than 16:9's bars on left/right for 4:3 if not cropped or stretched.