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Re: Wide Screen not wide enough?

Freda (fredapain@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> I'm not on about the pixel count, as that rarely equates to 16:9 on plasmas, 
> and isn't really an accurate guide, I'm on about the physical aspect ratio 
> of quite a few LCDs that were being manufactured (I'm talking about the 
> European market here).

Yes, I know that there were 14:9 sets for Europe.  They may have had
a 15:9 screen with no actual pixels at the sides, but the viewable area
was 14:9.

>                        The TVs I am on about were on sale about 1 or 2 years 
> ago, I spent a lot of time calculating the physical aspect ratios of many 
> LCDs at the time, and discounted several from my shortlist of potential TVs 
> due to their 15:9 aspect ratio, which was as much a surprise to me as it was 
> to the TV dealers that I informed of this situation. I even did a physical 
> check on the screen dimensions of a few of these suspect LCDs, just to 
> confirm that these supposedly 'widescreen' TVs weren't actually 16:9 ratio. 

So, you don't remember *anything* about any of these supposed TVs so that
you can look them up on Google...I don't think they would completely
disappear in just two years.

Yeah, I'm pretty sceptical.

-- 
Jeff Rife | "...the flames began at a prophylactic recycling 
          |  plant, near the edge of the forest..." 
          |  
          |         -- "WarGames"


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