I think you're right, and it makes me sad. Who would prefer a distorted image over a non-distorted one, black bars or not? The only explanation I have for thi

I think you're right, and it makes me sad. Who would prefer a distorted image over a non-distorted one, black bars or not? The only explanation I have for this is sense of entitlement: "I paid dearly for each of these pixels so you better use all of them, no matter how bad the picture looks like!"