how do Trinitron WEGA TV's show regular tv, its widescreen?

[chiwawa626]

how do Trinitron WEGA TV's show regular tv, its widescreen and regular tv's are square explane this to me?

 

[oblivion2888]

WEGAS are not widescreen

 

[MattStone]

Yah...Wega's are standard 4x3 w/anamorphic sqeeze for sources like anamorphic dvds. There are many other tvs on the market at are widescreen (by that I'm guessing you mean 16x9 and not 2.35x1). They display regular tv broadcasts (not widescreen hi-def) w/black bars on the sides rather the top and bottom of the picture.

 

[Shooters]

Yeah, Wegas have the normal 4:3 screen size ratio, but I know what you're talking about because I asked the salesman the exact same question when I went tv shopping with my dad last week. Basically if you're watching a normal tv broadcast (non high definition) on a widescreen tv (16:9 screen size ratio), then you can either choose to keep the image in its 4:3 ratio with black bars on the sides or you can stretch the image as described next. The salesman explained to me that if you were to imagine three circles side by side going across the tv, then "stretch mode" stretches just the outer two circles but keeps the center one the same. So, basically the geometry of the image in the center of the screen remains perfect, but the image along the left and right sides become slightly distorted. I guess some people would rather look at a slightly distorted picture than put up with two black bars.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Hate to burst bubbles, but there is at least one HDTV 16:9 Wega; KW-34HD1.

-SUO

 

[Gunbuster]

My bubble will burst when that MSRP comes down to around $1500

 

[pg22]

I wonder how much money these companies are losing...I can't possibly see how they profit of it since probably 1% of the population has an HDTV.....maybe it's even less.

 

[Erasmus-X]

Well, the way I've been seeing it, 80% of all HDTV-compatible TV owners don't even subscribe to HDTV. Why? Because it isn't available in enough places yet (yes, just like the sketchy availability of high-speed internet access in certain areas). Plus, you need to add a ludricrously overpriced $500 converter box just to receive the signal. But, people still buy them because any HDTV-compatible monitor is also capable of progressive scan, which makes worlds of difference when you're watching DVDs from a player with progressive output.

The WEGA XBR series by Sony are the only 16:9 tube TVs they make, until you step up to WEGA projection screens. My advice is to shop around and compare brands, because in many cases, you can actually get a small (like 43&quot Toshiba or Hitachi 16:9 projection screen for a similar price to the Sony WEGA XBR400 (36" CRT).