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standard screen HDTV

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An HDTV set that has a screen with the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio (more square). Such TVs display images in higher resolution, but still show the letterbox effect because they do not have the wide aspect ratio for HD programs or movies in their original format. See HDTV and EDTV.



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