<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@priorityelectronics.com">steve@priorityelectronics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">When the digital cutoff comes in feb of next year…I'm kinda curious about the standard over the air channels that cable companies carry. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Will they be going widescreen on me?</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Right now, I can have a 4:3 tv and watch the 4:3 local channels from my cable company, as oppossed to the 16:9 hd locals. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">But after feb of next year, will those 4:3 channels even exist? I know that if I was doing just OTA, then with a converter box, the answer would be yes, only widescreen, leaving black bars above and below the picture…but what about cable? They have not mentioned anything in their ads except that you'll be just fine with cable.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">-Steve</font>
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<br>Why would OTA with a converter box switch to widescreen only?<br></blockquote></div><br></div>