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Posted by Freda on 04/25/06 07:11
"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> OK, so name one model that is 15:9.
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> There are (were?) some 14:9 TVs intended for Europe, and some newer LCDs
> are 16:10, and many plasmas (and LCDs?) use non-square pixels so the
> pixel count ratio isn't 16:9, but I don't know of any displays with a
> physical aspect ratio of 15:9.
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I'm not on about the pixel count, as that rarely equates to 16:9 on plasmas,
and isn't really an accurate guide, I'm on about the physical aspect ratio
of quite a few LCDs that were being manufactured (I'm talking about the
European market here). The TVs I am on about were on sale about 1 or 2 years
ago, I spent a lot of time calculating the physical aspect ratios of many
LCDs at the time, and discounted several from my shortlist of potential TVs
due to their 15:9 aspect ratio, which was as much a surprise to me as it was
to the TV dealers that I informed of this situation. I even did a physical
check on the screen dimensions of a few of these suspect LCDs, just to
confirm that these supposedly 'widescreen' TVs weren't actually 16:9 ratio.
I haven't got this information to hand any more now as I decided to go for a
HD plasma in the end, but it was also mentioned in articles in specialist
mags, which I've unfortunately binned now.
I can understand your sceptisim that 15:9 ratio LCDs were actually being
sold, as some of the dealers weren't aware of this either until I showed
them.
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