Gaffer Tape said:
It's cringeworthy when people stretch out a 4:3 image to fit a 16:9 screen. I saw my roommate go above and beyond that. He was watching a dual-sided DVD. One side was 4:3, and the other was widescreen. He was watching the pan and scan version stretched out to widescreen. I think a few synapses in my brain blew out when I realized the total lack of logic in that.

Wow, just reading those few sentences literally made me shudder. How odd such a thing should evoke such a response. I think this would be a far more effective form of torture than waterboarding. I could only watch a few minutes of 4:3 image stretched to fit 16:9 (or 16:9 squished to fit 4:3) before I'd spill the beans and betray my friends, familiy members, or country. Tear off all my finger nails, pull out all my teeth, but please... don't stretch or squish the damn image...