Recent content by phillbarbour

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    Widescreen image? Yes! Widescreen TV? No!

    YOyo, you have an enormous screen for that distance; I'm jealous. You and Tiamat brought up an interesting point, which I hadn't considered about resolution and 4:3 material being of lower quality. It more or less nullifies my argument, considering where everything is headed. I had been thinking...
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    Widescreen image? Yes! Widescreen TV? No!

    You said most living spaces are wider than tall. While that's true, it doesn't matter because most people I know place their furniture horizontally around the room, as opposed to stacking it vertically. There is another thread here where people posted pictures of their setups. In nearly every...
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    Widescreen image? Yes! Widescreen TV? No!

    While I appreciate your comment, I don't think it addresses my argument. I enjoy watching widescreen and agree with you, but widescreen viewing can be achieved on a 4:3 TV simply by adding letter boxes. The 4:3 TV can be the same size in width as the widescreen TV and produce the same size...
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    Widescreen image? Yes! Widescreen TV? No!

    I'm sure if they had wanted to engineer 4:3 TVs that fully supported 1080p using only part of the TV screen (16:9) they could have done it. Then we'd be left with the same viewing area as had we gone with a widescreen, with the added bonus that 4:3 signals (older TV programs, certain movies)...
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    Widescreen image? Yes! Widescreen TV? No!

    I've read the pro widescreen TV arguments here and elsewhere, but I fail to see how they address one of our simplest concerns: space. I love viewing widescreen films and don't mind the horizontal black bars along the top and bottom of the screen, but I still don't see the advantage of a...