[Heel n Toe]

We're really enjoying it... and I didn't have any trouble getting it in the car. The guy I spoke to on the phone said the box is only a few inches bigger than the set in each dimension.

When the aspect ratio is set at 16:9, the picture is stretched out horizontally... I think we would have to pay extra for digital HD or something for that to change... not interested in doing that at this point. Anyway, I can not watch TV like that... it looks like a cartoon where everyone is on Jupiter. Being an artist, the proportions are just too outta whack for me to tolerate.

I know some people are freaked out if every square inch of their set isn't filled with image. They're the same people who went nuts back when everyone had 4:3 CRT's and they played a tape or DVD in letterbox format. I'm not one of those people.

So, we began watching at 4:3, and watched South Carolina vs. Georgia that way... nice, crisp picture. One of the other video settings is called "Zoom," and it is essentially the 4:3 image zoomed in a bit so it fills the screen horizontally with a little of the top and bottom chopped off. That works pretty well, and even though it cuts the wide receiver at the top of the screen off from the waist up until the ball is snapped, it's kind of nice that it drops out the ticker that runs across the bottom some of the time.

The sound on it is excellent for onboard speakers... not as full as the sound on our old CRT, but it had lots of room for chambering.

BTW, I found out when I went to Best Buy that there are 32" units that run at 1080p and 120 Hz, but they're $800... not worth that kind of money to us.