Posted by Jeff Rife on 04/25/06 19:50

Freda (fredapain@hotmail.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> 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).

Yes, I know that there were 14:9 sets for Europe. They may have had
a 15:9 screen with no actual pixels at the sides, but the viewable area
was 14:9.

> 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.

So, you don't remember *anything* about any of these supposed TVs so that
you can look them up on Google...I don't think they would completely
disappear in just two years.

Yeah, I'm pretty sceptical.

--
Jeff Rife | "...the flames began at a prophylactic recycling
| plant, near the edge of the forest..."
|
| -- "WarGames"

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