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Posted by Lincoln Spector on 12/06/06 01:18
"telenovels" <telenovels@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Lincoln Spector wrote:
>> "telenovels" <telenovels@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >
>> > I've been watching movies with black bars (top/bottom) for YEARS, and
>> > there's no ill-effect. Of course, I'm using a CRT, not a plasma.
>>
>> So have most of us. But I think the chance of burn-in is greater with the
>> 4x3-within-16x9 situation. When you watch letterboxed movies on a 4x3,
>> the exact position of the lines changes from one transfer to another.
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> No not really. Most movies since 1970 to 2007 share the same 1.85:1
> ratio, so the DVD player always puts the image in the same set of
> scanlines: 80-to-400*
I've had letterboxed DVDs and LDs at 1.66, 1.85, 2.00, 2.20, 2.35, 2.39, and
2.79.
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> So if you were using a plasma, you would experience burn-in, even with
> the old letterbox. My suggested solution: Don't buy plasma.
I'm in complete agreement.
Lincoln
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