Widescreen i think is a load of bollox.............coz u still get gaps even if u do mess around with the settings.
Anyone else think widescreen is shite?
Anyone else think widescreen is shite?
Widescreen
- Thread starter GemGem
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didnt like them till my tv broke n had to buy 1, got a 32" widescreen n took me a few days to get used to but now i think there mint 
glazzy said:yeah it's poo i rekkon...half the words or credits r missing, the picture NEVER fits the bloody tele
jayne x
NTL?
Sounds like you might have the box wrongly configured, check the 'display' settings and change it from 4:3 to widescreen (16:9)
Widescreen is ace, and if you think about it, it's how we see things naturally.
Don't believe me? go look in the mirror and see what shape your eyes are.
S'why they have widescreen screens in cinema's, tis how it's meant to be.
I couldn`t wait to get my 1st widescreen and now that i have i
wouldn`t have it any other way.Gee Mr Greenthumb,Your the shiiiiiit
yep i'd check your settings, that'd make it not fit properly.blue jammer said:
and as bj (nice initials) says it's how you're meant to see..much better than 4:3
although it annoys me know how some films and that are even 'wider' now ,as in they have bars even when viewed in widescreen.
I could bore you with lots of technical stuff but it all boils down to the fact that standard TV is in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (i.e. 1.33 times as wide as it was tall) and widescreen movies are in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (called Academy Flat) or 2.35:1 (Anamorphic Scope). Your TV has to cope with all the aspect ratio's and until digital TV is fully running shops won't stop selling TV's that cater for both ratios. So therefore, a widescreen movie won't fit vertically on the screen, hence black lines.
On the plus side, some DVD's are anamorphic and can expand the ratio with no quality loss to a full screen image but not all studios opt for an anamorphic transfer to DVD. Also, some TV's have a "Just Fit" option that expands the image for you... This comes with some picture quality loss but may help you get over the letterbox effect
Just to complicate the matter, Anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies tend to remove the letterbox for you, whereas if the movie has a 2.35:1 ratio then your gonna get black lines wheither its anamorphic or not. i.e. Some peeps may watch widescreens films and have no lines... they are watching anamorphic 1.85:1 movies. Sometimes they may have small (1 or 2 inch lines) and this is when your watching an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie.
Confused? Hope this helps..
On the plus side, some DVD's are anamorphic and can expand the ratio with no quality loss to a full screen image but not all studios opt for an anamorphic transfer to DVD. Also, some TV's have a "Just Fit" option that expands the image for you... This comes with some picture quality loss but may help you get over the letterbox effect
Just to complicate the matter, Anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies tend to remove the letterbox for you, whereas if the movie has a 2.35:1 ratio then your gonna get black lines wheither its anamorphic or not. i.e. Some peeps may watch widescreens films and have no lines... they are watching anamorphic 1.85:1 movies. Sometimes they may have small (1 or 2 inch lines) and this is when your watching an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie.
Confused? Hope this helps..
fugjostle said:I could bore you with lots of technical stuff but it all boils down to the fact that standard TV is in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (i.e. 1.33 times as wide as it was tall) and widescreen movies are in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (called Academy Flat) or 2.35:1 (Anamorphic Scope). Your TV has to cope with all the aspect ratio's and until digital TV is fully running shops won't stop selling TV's that cater for both ratios. So therefore, a widescreen movie won't fit vertically on the screen, hence black lines.
On the plus side, some DVD's are anamorphic and can expand the ratio with no quality loss to a full screen image but not all studios opt for an anamorphic transfer to DVD. Also, some TV's have a "Just Fit" option that expands the image for you... This comes with some picture quality loss but may help you get over the letterbox effect
Just to complicate the matter, Anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies tend to remove the letterbox for you, whereas if the movie has a 2.35:1 ratio then your gonna get black lines wheither its anamorphic or not. i.e. Some peeps may watch widescreens films and have no lines... they are watching anamorphic 1.85:1 movies. Sometimes they may have small (1 or 2 inch lines) and this is when your watching an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie.
Confused? Hope this helps..
wtf ?????? :S :S :S :S :S :S :S :S :S
blue jammer said:
Wel ahem actually the part of the eye you see out of isn't actually "widescreen" shaped
