Your TV sucks! (Wrong aspect ratio and shape)

[Cremildo]

Still complaining about "black bars"?

It's 2025, ffs. Get on with the times.

Whatcha gonna do? Have a standard 16x9 TV for 1.66/1.78/1.85 movies, an ultrawide one for 2.35 and wider movies, and maybe an old CRT for Academy Ratio ones?

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Still complaining about "black bars"?

It's 2025, ffs. Get on with the times.

Whatcha gonna do? Have a standard 16x9 TV for 1.66/1.78/1.85 movies, an ultrawide one for 2.35 and wider movies, and maybe an old CRT for Academy Ratio ones?

Why would you need a standard 1.78 screen for 1.3 to 1.85 movies when they will be just as big (Well, 1.85 would be a little bigger.) on a 2.4 TV? The 2.4 ratio accommodates nearly everything.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Why would you need a standard 1.78 screen for 1.3 to 1.85 movies when they will be just as big (Well, 1.85 would be a little bigger.) on a 2.4 TV? The 2.4 ratio accommodates nearly everything.

That depends entirely on the size of the TV, not its aspect ratio. If the TV is wider but shorter than your existing 1.78 TV (as most 2.40 TVs are) than all 1.85 and 1.33 movies and shows would be smaller on the 2.40 TV.

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

That depends entirely on the size of the TV, not its aspect ratio. If the TV is wider but shorter than your existing 1.78 TV (as most 2.40 TVs are) than all 1.85 and 1.33 movies and shows would be smaller on the 2.40 TV.

When you say "most 2.4 TVs," what TVs are you talking about? They had a short run, what, over a decade ago? I thought the height being the same or nearly the same was assumed from what I said. Because I like to space the tower speakers far apart for better stereo separation, I have enough space to maintain this image height with a 21:9 TV.

Width of a 16:9 65 inch TV is 57".

Width of a 21:9 65 inch TV is 76".

But if I had to go a little smaller with the height, it would still be fine. What we have now is a bigger compromise than slightly smaller fullscreen content.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

And could always follow your own advice re: 2.39 on a regular 16:9 TV and paint your walls black.

Between apartments, but I did have black behind my TV for this reason. Didn't solve the annoying problem of scope movies being small, though.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Width of a 16:9 65 inch TV is 57".

Width of a 21:9 65 inch TV is 76"

That's wrong. The width of a 21:9 65 inch TV is 60". And the height is quite a bit shorter than the 16:9 TV.

https://displaywars.com/65-inch-16x9-vs-65-inch-21x9

An 82 inch 21:9 TV would be 76" wide.

https://displaywars.com/65-inch-16x9-vs-82-inch-21x9

The screen size is measured diagonally so changing the aspect ratio makes a big difference.

[chip75]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2VCz7eDiM

I'm a bit dubious about some of the claims, but it's interesting tech.

I've banged on about for years but it's a shame we didn't have a bit more foresight with BD and UHD spec, we should have had the options to have variable ratios, even IMAX 1.43:1.

The screen tech will advance, but we'd need some serious updates, and they're scare as it is!

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by chip75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2VCz7eDiM

I'm a bit dubious about some of the claims, but it's interesting tech.

I've banged on about for years but it's a shame we didn't have a bit more foresight with BD and UHD spec, we should have had the options to have variable ratios, even IMAX 1.43:1.

The screen tech will advance, but we'd need some serious updates, and they're scare as it is!

Didn't know about these MicroLED modules. Pretty cool. I'm sure curved frames will be available. I will have much more grey hair by the time I have my 21:9 TV, but looks like it may happen.

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

That's wrong. The width of a 21:9 65 inch TV is 60". And the height is quite a bit shorter than the 16:9 TV.

https://displaywars.com/65-inch-16x9-vs-65-inch-21x9

An 82 inch 21:9 TV would be 76" wide.

https://displaywars.com/65-inch-16x9-vs-82-inch-21x9

The screen size is measured diagonally so changing the aspect ratio makes a big difference.

I used the diagonal without thinking. I meant to use the height. 32 inches.