Wid-ER-screen TVs

[trey]

I have been a long term adopter of broadcast HD. Just recently received an addiction to buying movies, and decided if I was going to be spending that much money, I might as well throw it to one side of the war or the other.

My ssecond high defintion TV, about five years old, only have 1080i definition. I've been kinda waiting to get a new TV until the 2009 mandatory broadcast exchange. The more and more BDs I get though, it makes it harder and harder to keep the 1080i, tolerable, but makes me wanna look.

On to my question, sorry I'm verbose: Are there any companies that are planning on producing or actually producing televisions that are in the 2.4:1 ratio? In my opinion, I might as well get a TV as wide as anything is filmed in (I assume aspect ratios won't get more varied, only more regular, but would be more than willing to watch 16:9 movies with side bars on a 21:9(2.4:1) screen if I could watch all film/2.4:1 ratio movies in full screen.

So in short, does anyone make a wider aspect television screen?

[tofur69]

Alienware and NEC both just announced a new double wide curved gaming dlp monitor. I would expect to more of this kind of thing for gaming but not sure for home theatre setups. My gut tells me this would be more of niche thing.

[trey]

Originally Posted by tofur69

Alienware and NEC both just announced a new double wide curved gaming dlp monitor. I would expect to more of this kind of thing for gaming but not sure for home theatre setups. My gut tells me this would be more of niche thing.

any links for the monitors?

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Alien...tor_12644.html

curved screen. that's ridiculous. I would think that this wasn't a niche thing, especially since most feature films are filmed in wider aspect ratios than 16:9

[JasonR]

I am not sure what you mean by wider aspect ratios than 16:9?

[tofur69]

Check out http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/a...at-2880-x-900/

Engadget's CES coverage was pretty awesome.

[FilmmakingFiasco]

99.9% of the HDTVs out there are going to be a 16:9 ratio or 16:10 monitor (save some of the new monitors announced). The best way to achieve what you want is to buy a front projector and get a screen with the 2.40 aspect ratio (using curtains or something else to 'mask' the sides when you do 16:9).

[JasonR]

Is this what you need?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=16529

[Pictor]

I feel the pain. In fact the reason for me to switch to HD back in the fall of 1998 was simply the desire to get a wide screen TV for my DVDs. Both my HD TVs are also 1080i and I'm about to get a third HD TV but this time 1080p. However, I don't think we'll see anything wider than 16:9 outside the specialty market anytime soon. You may be better off looking at front projection if that's even an option. Otherwise, wait for the next format change in 20-50 years.

[Galley]

Aren't there some projectors on the market that will do wider formats?

[trey]

Originally Posted by JasonR

Is this what you need?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=16529

No I know all about aspect ratios, etc. Thanks though.

I just would assume it be a natural progression of the HD revolution, to actually create screens that will display the widest formats of recorded media.

I think it is unfortunate that we have come this far in the revolution and are still watching movies that don't fill the screen. I personally am not against the black bars, but am totally against the TV zooming the picture or altering it in another way. I want OAR, but I would prefer to have a screen that doesn't utilize the sides all the time (since I'm so used to that with non HD broadcast television), if the information is not there - A television of this aspect ratio, would require that I always watch broadcast 16:9 with bars on the side - but I could deal if I could watch all my blu-rays in full frame as filmed/displayed in theatres (2.4:1 or 21:9)

But most people that responded seem to be right, I think this will only ever be specialty market, but HD was specialty market not that very long ago, so I'm used to it.

Thanks for all the responses!