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Posted by Walter Traprock on 07/27/07 17:36
Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
> It's a matter of preference but considering 4x3 TV are about to be
> extinct when NTSC standard is discontinued next year, chances are
> people would be forced to get wide screen TV for their next purchase.
> By then, basic wide screen TV should be much cheaper.
That may be the case, tho I reserve the right to grumpily proceed.
On the other hand, widescreen tvs may flop and become extinct.
I much prefer watching 4:3, 1.85 and 2.35 material on a 4:3 tv
than a widescreen tv.
> I do pity those who invested a lot in 4x3 only DVDs, it won't look
> good on wide screen TV. The picture could be centered with black bars
> on the sides, the picture could be stretched and look ugly, there
> could be "smart" stretching where the center area is correct
> proportion but edges are pulled. People with sharp eyes would notice
> distortion. Finally the TV could enlarge the picture to eliminate
> blank side by chopping off top and bottom and you'd lose a lot of
> viewing area compared to actual wide screen movies.
i hate this distortion of image: widescreen tvs ought nought to be
even *capable* of "stretch".
> When possible I bought the wide screen version so I can view it as it
> appeared in movie theaters.
I do to, it irked me to accidentally rent the fullscreen version of
the motorcycle diaries, because the widescreen (1.85?) would probably
have nicely displayed the subtitles on the lower black bar on my
4.3 tv; i'd have been rather pissed if i had actually bought it, and
wound up with fullscreen rather than widescreen. 4.3 tvs are
*ideal* for subtitled 1.85 movies!
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