No comment on user's problem....i never watch terrestial TV...coz my Antenna drop off from the roof and been halfway sticking there for years....LOL.

As for the "small picture" issue in 4:3 TV, it simply means this. All HDTV mode are in widescreen, thus you get black borders on top and bottom when running game in 720p/1080i/1080p/whatever (except 480p, which is EDTV, not HDTV), when running in traditional 4:3 box like the SONY CRT TV there.

I watch my ASTRO in HDTV mode now (720p). Some are affected by the stretched ratio, but other programmes are actually better (some anime series, Solty Rei, ex, are actually in 16:9 original and stretched to 4:3, so when i watch it in 16:9, it got "corrected". ). TVB series will suck coz they're 4:3 stretched to 16:9.

One thing though, i notice watching via my HTPC , the picture is much sharper and clearer...maybe due to upscaling to 720p?? hmm...

Neway, sorry for being offtopic a bit...