Re: TV size question

Most of what folks are writing in this thread is correct. However, keep in
mind that even without an HD cable feed, you will be able to get some
digital feeds, plus there's always digital OTA tv.

An inexpensive option to consider is a 27" 4:3 crt tv which will have an
ATSC tuner (and QAM). For $200-250 you can get a very nice tv. I picked up
a 27" house brand best buy tv (insignia) for about 220 last fall, and it
definitely has a better SD pic than any LCD for under $1000. The digital
(not HD, there is a diference) pic in 16:9 mode is not huge, although still
bigger than your 19 or 21" TV, but is extremely good. Depending on the
source, the tv will allow you to select 16:9, 4:3 or zoom viewing modes.

Unfortunately, it will generally be fed with a crappy signal at the store,
but if you can get them to stick an antenna on it and try an OTA digital
signal I think you'll be impressed.


"Bruce." <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A25Bh.8353$4H1.2426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's been way to long since I did algebra so I'm hoping someone can help
me with this.

I have a 21" CRT 4:3 TV I need to replace. In looking at LCD flat
screens, virtually all sold these days are widescreen 16:9. It may be a
long time before I upgrade my cable to HD, so for the immediate future I
would be using a widescreen 16:9 LCD TV to display a standard 4:3 TV
picture, with the required black bars on both sides (assuming unzoomed).

So the question is, how big of a 16:9 widescreen (measured diagonally) TV
do I need to display at least a 21" 4:3 picture?

Thanks for any help.
Bruce.




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