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Posted by Justin on 09/07/06 19:38
WinField wrote on [Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:08:07 -0700]:
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> Justin wrote:
>> Dirrtylarry@webtv.net wrote on [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 23:24:53 -0400]:
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>>>Get use to widescreen.Soon everything will be widescreen.If you had a
>>>16:9 tv,the picture on the screen would look like full screen format and
>>>you would be watching the dvd as it were intended to be viewed with much
>>>better resolution.
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>> Wrong. Widescreen TV does not mean a widescreen DVD will fill the
>> screen.
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> Good point, and one that is important for me.
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> I understand that lots of movies have aspect ratios that produce
> pictures that are "narrower" than 16:9. However...
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> Ideally, I would prefer a WS-monitor/TV that could stretch the picture
> vertically to eliminate the black border. Can the new generation of
> wide-screens do this?
Why would you want to do this? It distorts the picture.
You are watching the content, not the TV
> and since the stretch distortion would be pretty minimal at 16:9 AND
> since I'm a guy that likes using what I pay for - that's what I would want.
You ARE using what you paid for. The stretch would not be minimal
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