Re: 46" LCD for computer (Internet) use?

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:34:38 -0800, Jim Rainfordson wrote:

Okay, I'm sorry to ask these questions without doing my own research
first, so if this is too basic I won't be offended if you tell me to "go
look it up". But here we are.... So, what can I count on to display in
true letterbox/widescreen style with no black bars? "Widecreen" DVDs, I
assume. I'll be getting OTA digital signal but no actual cable tv.
Will these channels display with our without the blackbars? Finally,
are there settings I can change or software I can use to make PC sourced
AVIs fit the HDTV? I thought there was some kind of TV based option
that some sets offer that will stretch and recenter the picture?

I can watch everything that comes OTA without black bars, but for 4:3
content, you have to do this by either zooming the picture and chopping
off the top and bottom, or using a stretch mode, which looks like crap to
me. Some don't mind it. At least that's what they say. There are a few
show that are 16:9 format in a 4:3 window, so it would have black bars at
the top and bottom even on a 4;3 set. These you can zoom to full
widescreen without losing or distorting the picture. Personally I don't
mind the black bars. Would much rather see them than stretch the picture
out of proportion or cut off the top and bottom, because there is content,
unlike cutting the sides off a 16:9 picture where there's almost never
anything there that you would miss.

Once in a great while, you will get something like a 2.35:1 movie that
will leave black bars at top and bottom. Best way to get these to full
screen is to zoom it, cutting off the outer edges, or you can stretch it
top to bottom, but this also looks like crap to me.

All this depends on your display adapter/TV having these modes. I use
MythTV, and it has all of them, so it doesn't matter what modes if any the
TV has. Don't use AVI's but they should follow the same as above.. And
lastly, even my cheap HDTV will take 1280X720 input and reformat it to its
native mode of 1366x768. So I'd guess any will do this, but it wouldn't
hurt to check before you bought if you can find the manual online.

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