Philips 34PW8520 34" Digital Widescreen HDTV TV
Progressive Scan Is a Lie
The progressive scan input has no aspect ratio control and so MOST DVDs are incorrectly STRETCHED across the frame.  Letterboxed DVDs will still have black bars and the image will be unacceptably distorted.  Only ANAMORPHIC or &quot;enhanced for 16:9&quot; DVDs will display properly!<br />The Widescreen Modes (Auto Wide, Zoom 14:9, Zoom 16:9, WideScreen, Picture Tilt, Subtitle Zoom, Conventional 4:3) listed in the specs are NOT available when watching via progressive scan.  So the user has NO widescreen options to fix this problem.<br />Consequently, I have NOT been able to watch 90% of my DVDs in progressive scan mode.  This is supremely frustrating.