Posted by Bill's News on 12/02/06 17:51

Walter Traprock wrote:
> Folks, you should know, there's HDTV in standard aspect ratio!
>
> There's no need for the distortion-vision of widescreen TVs!
> There's no need for bright gray bars to "warn" you that you're
> watching material in the "wrong" aspect ratio.
>
> Go for flat screen, in Academy ratio as it's now possible.

The movie theaters (cinemas) around here use an adjustable bezel
to set the viewable screen area to the size and aspect of the
film being shown. Get yourself an HDTV projector, an 8' or
larger diagonal screen, and do the same thing. Then you can
stop whining about formats and screen sizes/shapes!

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