Philips announces TV with "Cinemascope" aspect ratio

[RazorFromHRSnet]

you'll still be getting the same resolution, since the BluRay is a 16x9 image with the black bars hardcoded into the empty image area.

It's just a gimmick. Unless there was some native 2.35:1 video content out there to take advantage of at a higher res, then who cares? I had no idea black bars were so enfuriating..

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by RazorFromHRSnet

you'll still be getting the same resolution, since the BluRay is a 16x9 image with the black bars hardcoded into the empty image area.

It's just a gimmick. Unless there was some native 2.35:1 video content out there to take advantage of at a higher res, then who cares? I had no idea black bars were so enfuriating..

I agree. You're better off with a 61" 1.78:1 LCD, which gives you a 58" effective diagonal with 2.35:1 material.

Probably cheaper too.

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by RazorFromHRSnet

you'll still be getting the same resolution, since the BluRay is a 16x9 image with the black bars hardcoded into the empty image area.

It's just a gimmick. Unless there was some native 2.35:1 video content out there to take advantage of at a higher res, then who cares? I had no idea black bars were so enfuriating..

It's not that they're infuriating, it's like I said a long time ago... J6P has a big new expensive screen and doesn't like seeing part of it not being used.

You and I prefer OAR, J6P wants his new HDTV fully litup with picture.
Since there are more J6Ps than us, it will continue to be posted: "Why are there Black Bars?"

Best thing to explain to them is...

"Movies are intended for theaters, not a HDTV.
Next time you go to the theater, look at the screen.
Ok, remember what it looks like when the movie actually starts to play.
Just because you cannot/may not see them, there are black bars there too! "

"Many movies will be produced in Aspect Ratios other than 1.78:1 - seeing that a 16:9 HDTV is 1.78:1, any movie that is *NOT* 1.78:1 will have black bars."

Also, welcome them to HDTV/Blu-ray, and movie appreciation in general.



These new sets... what happens when you play a movie that isn't 2.35:1 or 2.40:1?
Bars become pillars.
Same thing, different location on the display.

Ya just can't win...

[BACsader]

So What do you do with 1.78:1 film. Have black bars on the side. No Thanks!

[Geezer00003]

Thinking my next display device will be a projector

[drago3451]

Originally Posted by Geezer00003

Thinking my next display device will be a projector

Just got one myself. 120" screen

[4K display]

For those who missed it the FIRST time..

Using highly advanced formatting technology, regular 16:9 content from sources such as TV broadcasts and games consoles is also adapted to fill the 21:9 screen.

[aramis109]

Here's what I find funny:

Traditional LCD televisions compromise on this experience by distorting the picture to fill the screen – losing the full scope of the original shot – or by displaying the picture in letterbox format with black bars at the top and bottom. Cinema 21:9 solves these issues to give the viewer an uncompromised and absorbing cinematic viewing experience, never before available in the home.

Using highly advanced formatting technology, regular 16:9 content from sources such as TV broadcasts and games consoles is also adapted to fill the 21:9 screen.

When the OTHER GUYS do it, they're "distorting the picture". When WE do it, it's "highly advanced formatting technology" that makes the picture "adapted to fill the 21:9 screen".

Either they're stretching or they're chopping- one or the other or a combination of both. I can't see how this'd make HD broadcasts look good- and what does it do with SD/4:3 material? Stretch the snot out of it?

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by 4K display

For those who missed it the FIRST time..

AKA Zoom, stretch, or crop.
No thanks!