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Posted by GMAN on 07/27/07 18:07
In article <wetraprock-E067DB.10362127072007@newsgroups.comcast.net>, Walter Traprock <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
>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 very much doubt that. Its the other way around, it will be the 4x3 TV's
that are destined to extinction.
Its not HDTV if its not 720p or 1081i/p and those two are Widescreen formats.
Any other ATSC mode is considered EDTV
>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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