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I am thinking of buying a Widescreen TV, sort of Movie screen shape..
Do they distort the regular tv picture signal? If so, how do you deal with it?
thanks, jb

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Toshiba makes a 34" one - cfraser 20:10:20 02/08/02 (0)
Saw it today, kinda small looking, but nice pic, and since it's not projection it's not real cheap. Looked good. I expect to see more WS this size soon as they are popular in Europe where the typical house/room tends to be smaller than in NA.
Re: Rectangular View TV Sets.. - cfraser 22:00:38 02/03/02 (3)
Maybe see what I said to waybad1 just below. They do distort a regular picture if you make it fit the whole screen. Some people don't notice it, but it bugs me, so I don't stretch the picture. Then the black bars bug me. -LOL- How I deal with it: I use mine almost exclusively for ws DVD's, weaning myself off the VHS, replaced my faves with DVD's, don't watch broadcast signals. They ARE nice for movies though, but because of their size, you do have to sit at least 8' away from the smaller ones (which I think mine is). So consider how much space you have.
- Re: Rectangular View TV Sets.. - OwenMeany 06:29:43 02/04/02 (2)
  I read your posts below and they are helpful, thanks.
  So, let me ask you this: Do widescreen tvs have a vertical black-bar option so that when you are watching regular cable the picture in not distorted? If so, is there a rule of thumb on how it decreases the perceived size? I am being offered a Sony 36" widescreen..if there are black bars while watching Cable signal is that equvilent to whatching, say a 34" TV???
  Thanks agin, jb
  PS I am a DVD type, have been for a long time. I prefere, strongly perfer, to whatch a flick in its orginal aspect ratio..black bars on my 29" Proton are better then full srceen to me..
  - Re: Rectangular View TV Sets.. - cfraser 19:54:04 02/04/02 (1)
    < All the ones I've seen do, but I don't know if they _all_ do for sure, but I think the answer is yes.
    Sony makes a 36" widescreen? I thought I had their smallest one... It's called 51". I wish I had heard of the 36" one (at least on this side of the pond), or maybe I did and forget, but I sure never saw it. Anyway, I'm not the best one to ask about this, because I specifically went looking for good DVD performance with WS movies, and didn't pay a huge attention to other stuff once I got my own priorities straightened out.
    < Umm, I don't know. Since it's the vertical height of your TV picture that is the limiting issue, and assuming things are perfect and aspect ratio is maintained, you could try calculating it for a rough idea. I did and it comes out to a ~30" 4:3 screen, about the same as the Proton.
    Yeah, I don't mind the horizontal black bars so much on my smaller screen TV, but for some reason the vertical ones get to me. I do know certain video artifacts bother me, ones that others hardly even notice.
    - Weird stuff happens here - cfraser 20:15:13 02/04/02 (0)
      Besides not recognizing my moniker, I see my quotes of your stuff were blown away. Doesn't happen in the other forums...

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