Apple TV display on standatd 4:3 Analog TV?

I've been considering the Apple TV not for video but for my music library. I currently use a Roku Soundbridge which works great but has no TV interface for browsing and selecting songs. I've heard that Apple TV does not have a 4:3 setting, so I assume that the menu will look squished on a 4:3 display (I have component inputs up to 480). Has anybody tried this?

UPDATE: I tried it on my 4:3 tv and it works great! There are some minor problems with some videos, but we just got done watching quite a few trailers and they all looked good; most were even letterboxed. I was quite surprised at how well it handled the streaming trailers, since I don't have an 11n network (I have a linksys 11g router). I haven't sync'ed it to my iTunes library yet, but it found my network and connected right away; even entering the WPA password was easy with the on-screen keyboard. It is so much better than anything else that I have tried for this purpose that it is well worth the price I paid.
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Robert,
Isn't it it nice to have your issues solved.!!
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- Anonymous
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