Sony 32" 4:3 HD Question

[georgeorwell]

I currently have a HDTV Direct TV Tivo, inputted into a 16:9 projector. I have the Direct TV unit set up to display 16:9. I am looking to add a TV to my set up, and I prefer the 32" 4:3 Sony over the 30" 16:9 Sony. My question is, what will the picture on the TV look like....will it be skewed, will it have black bars? I don't want to go in the receiver each time to switch back and forth between 16:9 and 4:3....I would like to leave it set up on 16:9.

My proj is connected via component..the TV will be connected via HDMI.

[Jeff Ray]

GO,

I have HDTivo and a Sony 4:3. The HDTivo overrides the Sony. If you leave at 1080i on the HDTivo, any SD programming will appear inside the 16:9 rectangle. You have to reset output on HDTivo using peanut to 480p to see SD on full screen. You can see color options for bars/columns on your HDTivo setup menu.
You could leave output set at 480p and no flipping needed but what is the point?

[georgeorwell]

Jeff,
What about 720p, same thing? I currently have my HD Tivo set to that because it is more proj friendly (no peek a boos).

[kny3twalker]

yeah it will be the same but the TV will have to convert 720p to 1080i scan rate

[Jeff Ray]

GO,

Yep. If you set HDTivo output to be 720p, it shows HD programming on 16:9. SD programming shows within.

There is no getting around this with the HDTivo. Check tivocommunity.com.