As you all know the old 4:3 broadcasting were nice and stable, the black bar programs were rare so 90% of times the screen was full of image. Today is the future and television couldn't be more retarded, have you tried watching TV lately? Did you try counting how many formats which include black bars of all kind appear per minute? dozen, or maybe hundreds? Honestly, i really don't this this is the future of television...more like the caveman era. Everybody is shouting hdtv, hd-ready 1080p...but please stop and think for a minute: whats worth having 2073600 pixels on your HD LCD if the most part of the times 33% of it is empty? Honestly...