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TV Thread: Would you get a 16:9 TV or a 4:3 TV

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Originally posted by: ndee
ok, back projection TVs, are they any good?
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Yes. Mine sure is. And you won't find deeper blacks anywhere - nothing else compares.


Get a 16:9 set, no question. You get a 20% increase in viewing area on widescreen material for identical sized sets.
 
Originally posted by: kami
Originally posted by: ndee
ok, back projection TVs, are they any good?
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Yes. Mine sure is. And you won't find deeper blacks anywhere - nothing else compares.


Get a 16:9 set, no question. You get a 20% increase in viewing area on widescreen material for identical sized sets.
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only if the 4:3 doesn't change to 16:9 format, right? Hm, Back Projection TVs are pretty... "sensitive" to magnetic stuff, no? But I think those TVs are way out of my price league 🙁 oh well, 28" has to be enough 😀
 
Originally posted by: Gunbuster
Just get a 16:9 DLP projo and then you dont have to worry about burn in, watch 4:3 TV with black bars
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Don't need DLP to not have to worry about burn-in.

I've had my Mits RPTV for 2 1/2 years and, lately, there's a been much more 4:3 viewing than 16:9 and there isn't even the slightest hint of phosphor wear. And, btw, you don't get 'burn-in' on an RPTV...a tube set, yes, not an RPTV...you may experience phosphor wear, however, if your brightness/contrast are not properly set (and that's easily corrected with a few minutes with Avia DVD or the new Video Essentials DVD.)
 
I have thought about this question for a long time and my conclusion has been:

For the next few years, you will be getting very little 16x9 content.

Except for HD Discovery and the other few handful, everything is 4:3.


Anyway, I'd just get a 4:3 if it were a CRT. If it were a projection, I wouldn't mind sacrificing room on a 16x9 screen because the screen would probably be huge anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Staples
I have thought about this question for a long time and my conclusion has been:

For the next few years, you will be getting very little 16x9 content.

Except for HD Discovery and the other few handful, everything is 4:3.


Anyway, I'd just get a 4:3 if it were a CRT. If it were a projection, I wouldn't mind sacrificing room on a 16x9 screen because the screen would probably be huge anyway.
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I would use the TV to watch DVDs most of the time so...
 
4:3. I'm not a big movie watcher. I HATE IT when I go to someone's house and he's an idiot who thinks a stretched TV image is cool.
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
4:3. I'm not a big movie watcher. I HATE IT when I go to someone's house and he's an idiot who thinks a stretched TV image is cool.
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I'm the exact opposite hehe
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
4:3. I'm not a big movie watcher. I HATE IT when I go to someone's house and he's an idiot who thinks a stretched TV image is cool.
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16:9. I'm a big movie watcher. I HATE IT when I go to someone's house and he's an idiot who thinks chopping off 43% of the TV image is cool.

- M4H
 
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