Viewing 1080i (16:9) on RCA MM36110 (4:3) HDTV
I recently acquired an RCA MM36110 36" HDTV. The TV will display 480p, 1080i, and 800x600 SVGA input. The TV is also a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor. When I play my Xbox 360 at 1080i, the image is squished from 16:9 to fit the 4:3 screen. I think this looks bad but I cannot set up the monitor to letterbox the image. I also contacted Microsoft about setting up the Xbox 360 to output 4:3 ratio image; however, they stated it was not possible with 720p or 1080i. I was wondering if there was some way of converting the signal to letterboxed 1080i or 1440x1080.
The other option I thought of was to use a scaler to convert the 1080i output or vga output of the Xbox 360 to the 800x600 input. This appears to be one device that may work:
www*ambery*com/hdviscco*html
On a similar note, do any blu-ray players output letterboxed 4:3 1080i images. Thanks.
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