Posted by Lincoln Spector on 12/04/06 02:32

"Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "telenovels" <telenovels@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Why would I want to view my rectangle-shaped videos/movies on a square
>> tv?
>>
>> That makes NO sense.
>
> I agree. However, it makes equally little sense to watch a square TV
> program in stretch-o-vision.
>
> Until they make wide screen TVs that suffer no ill effects from having
> black/grey bars on the sides during normal TV viewing, they remain a waste
> of money.
They do make such TVs. DLPs don't suffer from burn-in, and LCDs rarely
do--and when they do it's reversible. If you avoid plasma and CRT, it's not
a problem.

I've got a Sony rear-projection set using LCoS (Sony uses another acronym,
which I don't remember). No burn-in yet. I set all four inputs to default to
"Normal" (4x3), with it switching automatically to widescreen for anamorphic
DVDs. No problems. Even at 4x3, it's still larger and looks better than my
old TV.

Lincoln

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