Re: [OT] Harry Potter DVD - Whats the deal ????

["steevc" <steevc@xxxxxxx>]

AFAIK the 16:9 is just a compromise between getting a wide picture 
and being viable to manufacture CRTs. I suppose with plasma and LCD 
screens they could be much wider.

It seems to be an eternal problem that people will complain if they 
see black bars on their screens. I seem to remember a Watchdog 
article where someone complained that a 'widescreen' DVD did not fill 
his widescreen TV and then they went on about the confusing system of 
different ratios.

Personally I prefer to see as much of the original picture as 
possible. On our 32" it's usually big enough even in very wide 
ratios. I remember watching The Abyss and thinking that it was taking 
up less than half the screen. I don't like stretched pictures, so 
things like Sky 1 are watched with bars at the sides. Cars do not 
have oval wheels. I have been caught out by this when the TV was on 
the wrong setting.

With broadcast you see very little that's wider than 16:9. Sometimes 
they get your hopes up by showing the titles in full width, but 
that's just to fit all the writing in.

What makes me laugh is that Cbeebies is always 16:9 even though most 
of the programmes were made in 4:3. Like little kids care?

There's been a whole discussion about ratios over at www.avforums.com 
which I can recommend for those who like to argue about such things.

Steve
Who doesn't get that much time to watch TV anyway

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@b...>
wrote:
> I assume you are talking about "True Lies"
> 
> I dont mind that. Its a 16:9 picture on my 4:3 TV and I have about
2" bars
> top and bottom on the 28" TV. Had the HP DVD been 16:9 I would
have 
bought
> it but the one they are selling as Widescreen would have given at 
least 4"
> bars on my TV. At least when I got round to buying a WS set the 
picture I am
> currently looking at would fill the screen. The thought of buying a
new TV
> to rid myself of the black bars only to find I still get them would
be a tad
> annoying to say the least.

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