Will the sides be black the way letterbox has the top and bottom darkened on a regular tv???? I was looking thru my collection of DVD's and VHS and several items are not widescreen editions and I was just wondering how they will look when I throw away half a years salary on a nice new widescreen plasma tv for my basement.
O/T: what will "full screen" VHS & DVD's look like on plasma tv??
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nafnikufesin
N.F.F.
I was thinking the same thing. We'll replace the bars at the top and botton, with bars on the sides.
You'd think the bars would be just be at the sides - but have you actually seen it in action???? Damn, I'm so perplexed at the moment.
nafnikufesin
N.F.F.
I haven't seen it. If all goes well and money starts rolling in in August, I might be able to witness it for myself soon enough 
Cool. I'm actually a long way away from purchasing such a teevee. (10 bonus points if you can tell me who Mike TeeVee was) but I don't want to have a bunch of DVD's that are obsolete. I usually purchase Widescreen editions, but for some older stuff - widescreen simply isn't available.
Metal Maiden
Cooking with Anthrax
nafnikufesin
N.F.F.
Does it have a widescreen version?Metal Maiden said:From Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. I still love that movie.
Anyway, the DVD's shouldn't be obsolete...people are paying enough money for these TV's, they'd raise bloody hell if it meant they had to replace all their DVD's too.
I think the industry is aware of not wanting to make current DVD's obsolete too quickly now that they're taking off. Take DVD recorders (for your TV, not for your computer): The technology is already in place, but they want to use blue lasers instead of red lasers, which would increase the capacity of a DVD to 13 hours from 2.5 hours. But before they start marketing them, they are trying to make machines that incorporate both the blue and red lasers, so all of our red laser DVDs can still be played. Right now, I own about 150 DVDs...I'd be pretty pissed off if they changed the technology and made them obsolete already.
Metal Maiden
Cooking with Anthrax
Metal Maiden said:From Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. I still love that movie.
*10 Bonus Points*
Nicely done. The Oompa's sure did teach him a thing or two. Veruca Salt had to be the most annoying though.
dutchy
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mrthrax
riffer madness
this may sound silly but shouldnt a state of the art tv have an option so it fills out the screen.
i saw an lg brand tv a few months back,i went with the sony,anyway the guy demoed it and said there was the zoom option for movies that dont fill the screen.
i saw an lg brand tv a few months back,i went with the sony,anyway the guy demoed it and said there was the zoom option for movies that dont fill the screen.
Lordlindsey
Metal Royalty
Is it a 16:9 tv? (widescreen)
If so, when you watch a normal tv show or DVD in 4:3 (standard) it will fill the sides to make things look normal.
The DVD has to actually be formatted for 16:9 to view it in widescreen mode, properly.
You could always take a 4:3 movie and set the DVD player/TV to 16:9, but everything will be stretched.
If so, when you watch a normal tv show or DVD in 4:3 (standard) it will fill the sides to make things look normal.
The DVD has to actually be formatted for 16:9 to view it in widescreen mode, properly.
You could always take a 4:3 movie and set the DVD player/TV to 16:9, but everything will be stretched.
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