John P. Falcone is the senior director of commerce content at CNET, where he coordinates coverage of the site's buying recommendations alongside the CNET Advice team (where he previously headed the ...
As far as the 16:9 ratio, I'm not sure and I'm not sure if that's a recording setting, a playback setting, or both (on the DVR). There's real overlap in what the DVR does and what your TV display does ...