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In Reply to: widescreen vs pan&scan posted by Joe Murphy Jr on July 8, 2002 at 06:58:32:
http://homepage.mac.com/hdtv_guide/
Then see the six links. Though, that site seems to favor 4:3 TVs and monitors for value, since the 4:3 set is cheaper, and you can just deal with the black bars when viewing widescreen material.Though, like you, I think wide screen is the best (especially if the material is shot in widescreen). Just buy a bigger TV and deal with the black bars and the risk of burn-in! :-) Someday, for example, a 34" 16:9 set may be cheaper than a 36" 4:3 set. Both yield the same size 16:9 image at the same resolution (assuming it does compression to use all the scan lines for the 16:9 image).
And one day I WILL trade in my 36" 4:3 36af61 SDTV for a 34" 16:9 whatever modelnumber by then HDTV. since pretty much everything I watch is already 16:9 or wider. This seems to be the aspect ratio of the future.
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Follow Ups
- Another useful link on WS vs. P&S... - Aroc 09:19:27 07/08/02 (3)
- You are right about that - cfraser 20:34:32 07/08/02 (2)
- "...But 16:9 TV's look much slicker, they don't cost THAT much more.." ... - Aroc 14:18:09 07/09/02 (1)
- And the 34" will have a smaller 16:9 picture than the 36" 4:3 - cfraser 15:48:06 07/09/02 (0)
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