Aspect Ratios - The Director's Vision

[Henners]

I understand how the idea is to preserve the orignal aspect ratios etc

I'm just confused though as I bought a new lcd for my pc widescreen 24"

Though, with the black bars top/bottom - I understand great to keep the wide picture - but what is the point of getting a widescreen tv if my old 3:4 tv can do the same thing with the black bars..

I just would have thought that a widescreen tv would allow the screen to be filled - without loosing any picture cropping.. or does I not make any sense..

Or perhaps.. maybe we need to invent a new model of widescreen tv that is more wider so all the pixels are used in the full widescreen viewing?