Re: overheard in Comet this morning


"Charlie Pearce" <charlie.pearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:02:52 +0000, Dominic Shields
> <dom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:39:24 -0000, ":::Jerry::::" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> >>> Don't believe the hype.
> >>
> >>I suggest you actual bother to use a WS TV, I held much the same
> >>thoughts until I had to replace the old TV and couldn't be bothered
> >>to try and find a large 4:3 set - I now see (no pun intended) no
> >>point in 4:3 TV!....
> >
> >I have had a widescreen TV since Jan 2004, but I can't see why it is
better -
> >yes I can see that it is all the rage now but just like you can never
convince a
> >woman wearing the fashionable for the last 18 months - "builder's bum
cleavage"
> >look that it is a crap look on 95% of women, it seems that you must not
question
> >the widescreen fashion.
>
> Of course you can question it, if you have valid reasons for doing so.
> (Just please don't come up with stupid and incorrect theories about
> our field of vision being round because eyes are round, and at the
> same time 4:3 because that's the ratio of viewing angles - we alrady
> have one village idiot doing that). Personally I much prefer the
> shape of a widescreen broadcast - if you have the resources, set up a
> 16:9 TV showing a true widescreen programme next to a 4:3 one showing
> the same programme in centre cut-out and you'll see the difference.

A better test is to also set-up 4:3 TV showing a full size picture
against a 16:9 showing the same picture in a small box with big black
bars at the sides.
It is immediatelty obvious the 16:9 set has a ridiculous screen shape.

>
> >Someone correctly mentions that you absolutely must have LCD right now
>
> You mean incorrectly - you certainly *don't* absolutely have to have
> LCD now.
>
> Charlie
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