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Old 07-30-2007, 01:33 PM   #7 (permalink)
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We're still getting by with a Sony Wega KV-27FV16; SD 27". It was the high end model at the time and feature a 16:9 Wide mode for anamorphic video. The additional resolution is terrific, and was especially so before HDTVs started becoming more mainstream. The problem... turning on the mode is not a simple toggle, and is too complex for a reliable macro; press: menu, left, left, down 6, over 1, up one, menu. Newer models have Auto 16:9, and I can understand that feature not being implemented on older models, but having to dig for it is ridiculous. If it was a permanent setting, it'd be fine. But no, it's lost whenever the TV is turn off or the input toggled. This is just another example of what makes me dislike Sony so much. Wonderful display; poor implementation. It didn't help that the first was DOA, and required lugging 180lbs back down the stairs and back to Sears. Seriously though... great TV otherwise.
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