Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/31/06 12:44
"Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> Is there a website that compares a 2.35 widescreen movie frame
> displayed on a regular TV and on a 16x9 widescreen TV? I recently was
> not impressed with the new widescreen TVs since the amount of image
> deleted in 2.35 (which is the ratio of most movies today) did not
> appear substantially better than on a 1.33 regular TV....at least
> perceptually.
http://www.rexer.com/cine/oar.htm
The amount of letterboxing shouldn't change much from one TV to the
next. This isn't a TV issue; it's simple geometry. 2.35:1 is one shape,
16:9 is another. To fit 2.35:1 into 16:9, you have to shink it by a
certain amount.
> Who will make a 2.35 ratio screen?
It's doable now with front projection.
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