15th December 2003, 2:51 PM
No, the resolution will be the same for 4:3 shows and movies, just that you'll see black bars on the sides. However, many shows are starting to offer HDTV as well as anamorphic widescreen support, so they look much better on a widescreen HDTV. The same goes for video games, with many new games having 16:9 options, like F-Zero GX. That means that you gain more picture information to the side, not lose information from the top and bottom.