there is no actaul date mandated that everything has to be in hd 16 X 9 the target date I believe is dec 31st 2008. The cable and satelite companies are almost at free will as to broadcasting in hd. Though as the analog tv's are phased out they will broadcast more and more in hd to satisfy customers. Until then...
....OK, I admit I'm a purist and I absolutely refuse to watch anything in any "stretch mode" whatsoever. granted my Sony has a horrible stretch mode, but I've seen others and they are all 100% unacceptable to me.
Now I know the FCC has had various target dates for TV's to be sold with HD tuners and for broadcasters to be broadcasting HD material. My question is, "When is essentially all major TV going to be in self respecting 16:9 HD?"

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