HDTV Almanac - Reader Question: Black Bars on Wide Screen

[alfredpoor]

Q: Is there anyway to eliminate the “side bars” from an HD picture ?
Jack Keefe
A: To paraphrase a former president, we could do that, but it would be wrong.
The “side bars” on an HD screen occur when you show standard definition content on a wide screen. The standard definition has a 4:3 aspect ratio — [...]

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