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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 2291586" data-attributes="member: 149">With most 4:3 TVs, when a picture is displayed in letterbox, the resolution of the picture is effectively lowered, since "x" number of lines of resolution are used to "Display" the black bars at the top and bottom of the wide screen picture. So out of say 480 lines of resolution, 120 are reserved to draw a 60 line black box at the top and 60 lines are used to draw a black box at the bottom.Sony 4:3 TVs with the 16:9 enhanced mode, refocus the display. So that instead of "drawing" black bars at the top and bottom, the 480 lines of resolution are all used to display the 16:9 image on the screen. The black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are created by there being no images drawn there as opposed to "Black" being drawn in those areas. Is that clearer?Also if you really care about 16:9 (widescreen) display, make sure the DVDs you buy specify that they are Anamorphic widescreen. Otherwise the picture won't be a true 16:9 full resolution image. It will have a 4:3 picture with the black bars on the top and bottom as part of the image. Essentially the difference between anamorphic ws and a non-anamorphic ws is similar to the difference between how conventional 4:3 TVs display a letterbox image and how the sony TVs display it.</blockquote>