This can't be a hardware restriction, unless it is one that Verizon just pushed through their last software update. I have had this same model box since I signed up for FIOS (at least 3 years now), and until last week the channel guide was always, always, always in widescreen format. This change in format did not happen until Jan 19 - while I was watching TV no less. I'm not the only one in the area that this happened to either. I have verfied with several of my employees that have FIOS that their channel guide also changed format. This was definitely due to a software update on Verizon's part. If it's a "hardware restriction" then it is one created by Verizon in their last software update to get customers to pay the $50 to upgrade their boxes. I found the much cheaper solution (in the long run) though was to trade in my STB for a cable card and purchase the Centon InfiniTV 4 tuner card for my HTPC. Now I save $12 per month in rental fees.
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