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For those who have 16:9 tv's...do you get used to the "stretch" for regular tv?

jcuadrado

jcuadrado

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I'm in the market for a new tv...I love the look of the 16:9 sets.....but I've seen a few in action with the "stretch" mode and hate it..

is this something that you get used to?

Comments?

Thanks,

Jaime
 
Originally posted by: jcuadrado
I'm in the market for a new tv...I love the look of the 16:9 sets.....but I've seen a few in action with the "stretch" mode and hate it..

is this something that you get used to?

Comments?

Thanks,

Jaime
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The mitsubitshi has a very good stretch mode.

 
They do have the option of black bars on the sides, sort of the opposite of letterbox from the sets that I have seen 🙂
 
I got used to it pretty quickly but I use the Zoom or Expand mode on mine quite a bit. That way all I lose is, say, the stupid ticker at the bottom of FOX News or CNN and the aspect ratio is closer to norm. On digital TV, I use Standard mode as even the 4:3 seems to take up more of the screen than it does on non-digital broadcasts.

This on a Mitsubishi 55"
 
What about stuff that's broacast in 16:9, like star trek enterprise? Can you set those TVs to crop off the top and bottom of the picture?
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
They do have the option of black bars on the sides, sort of the opposite of letterbox from the sets that I have seen 🙂
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I know...but I've heard of "burn in"....so if you watch too much tv in this mode a problem with burn in may occur..

I'm super new to this HDTV, 16:9 jargon...any comments will be appreciated..

Thanks,

Jaime
 
Originally posted by: jcuadrado
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
They do have the option of black bars on the sides, sort of the opposite of letterbox from the sets that I have seen 🙂
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I know...but I've heard of "burn in"....so if you watch too much tv in this mode a problem with burn in may occur..

I'm super new to this HDTV, 16:9 jargon...any comments will be appreciated..

Thanks,

Jaime
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Just pick up a DVD copy of Avia and set the brightness/contrast and you'll be fine. I've had my set for 2 years now and watch a mix of 4:3, 16:9 and video games and have had no problems. Had it ISF calibrated a year ago.
 
I generally watch 4:3 programming windowboxed (black bars on the side). My set is LCD projection, so burn-in is not an issue.

For shows shot in 16:9 that are broadcast letterboxed in a 4:3 window (Enterprise, Sopranos, etc), I'll set it to zoom so it fills the screen.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: notfred
What about stuff that's broacast in 16:9, like star trek enterprise? Can you set those TVs to crop off the top and bottom of the picture?
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Why??
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cause the top and bottom of the picture are just black bars.
 
Get HDTV broadcasts probelm solved. Other than that most sets offer a panaramic setting which looks OK.
 
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: jcuadrado
I'm in the market for a new tv...I love the look of the 16:9 sets.....but I've seen a few in action with the "stretch" mode and hate it..

is this something that you get used to?

Comments?

Thanks,

Jaime
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The mitsubitshi has a very good stretch mode.
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Yep, and mine doesn't bother me at all.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: notfred
What about stuff that's broacast in 16:9, like star trek enterprise? Can you set those TVs to crop off the top and bottom of the picture?
Click to expand...

Why??
Click to expand...

cause the top and bottom of the picture are just black bars.
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If it's a 16:9 broadcast it will fill the whole screen. There will be no letterboxing. Only on an aspect ratio wider than 1.85:1 will you see letterboxing on a 16:9 set.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
If it's a 16:9 broadcast it will fill the whole screen. There will be no letterboxing. Only on an aspect ratio wider than 1.85:1 will you see letterboxing on a 16:9 set.
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Thats only assuming that the source is anamorphic, if the source actually has the black bars burned into the top and bottom of the picture (as in SDTV broadcasts of Enterprise) then you would just get a 16:9 picture locked into a 4:3 box unless your TV can "zoom" out the black bars.

This is also true of some older non-amamorphic DVDs and many of the older LaserDisc movies.
 
Originally posted by: LiQiCE
Originally posted by: conjur
If it's a 16:9 broadcast it will fill the whole screen. There will be no letterboxing. Only on an aspect ratio wider than 1.85:1 will you see letterboxing on a 16:9 set.
Click to expand...

Thats only assuming that the source is anamorphic, if the source actually has the black bars burned into the top and bottom of the picture (as in SDTV broadcasts of Enterprise) then you would just get a 16:9 picture locked into a 4:3 box unless your TV can "zoom" out the black bars.

This is also true of some older non-amamorphic DVDs and many of the older LaserDisc movies.
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Well...considering this thread was discussing 16:9 TVs, I made the mistake of assuming 16:9 broadcasts to be HDTV (or in the case of Faux...EDTV).
 
On my JVC it is great, for one day or so it was kinda strange but I dont notice it alt all now. I have seen some other ones that look downright odd though.

Jax
 
hardest decision in my tv choice in years....

I guess it would depend on individual viewers..but that stretch mode sure looks like crap....when will 16:9 be standard?

-JC
 
Have you checked your area to see how much HDTV programming is already available? If you live in a big tv market, you might be shocked at what you've been missing. However, if you are not in such a market, it could be years before you see HDTV as the norm.
 
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