Home Video Asylum

TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more.

But it's the best we got.

24.208.213.190

Unless you have a front projector.

16:9 is the agreed upon industry standard ratio, you will likely never see a consumer TV set wider than that. ("Native" refers to resolution, the vertical and horizontal scan lines, not aspect ratio. You know, 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i.) It's a compromise between the various film OARs and the HD broadcast format. HD is 16:9 - 16:9 TVs are what we got.

1.85:1 isn't too bad on a 36" 4:3, but the he HUGE black bars with 2.35:1 on the 36" sets pushed me to a 34" WS. I like my WS a lot, and the very narrow bars displayed on 2.35 material don't bother me a bit.


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