Lena,

16:9 is the approved aspect ratio for all digital television programming in the "near future". There are reasons why a rear projection set (RPTV) can deliver higher resolutiions with HDTV sources versus a direct view tube set so you may not want to by-pass this option. Plasma, LCD and DLP are other options (expensive!) to look into and I feel will eventually replace existing tube technology because they operate only in the digital domain. You might want to go to www.hometheaterspot.com to learn everything you want to know on this subject- that is until the first Outlaw set becomes available. I hope this helps. .02 on this subject.

[This message has been edited by steves (edited February 15, 2002).]