The Sony GWIII has resizable pip called TwinView. By default, one will be
about 1/4 size vs. the other but you can +/- the "active" one and other
resizes proportionally. There is an electronic detent when both screens are
of equal size, side by each.
YMMV

"Sean" none wrote in message
...
I'd niminate the box in the corner Picture in Picture as
one of the most useless features ever. I don't know anyone that
ever uses it, including me who foolishly bought a TV with that
feature.

I do however, think I would use a full screen side by side
PIP.

Do any of these new big screen HD TV's offer that feature?

Thanks

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"Richard C." wrote:
"Sean" none wrote in message
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: I'd niminate the box in the corner Picture in Picture as
: one of the most useless features ever. I don't know anyone that
: ever uses it, including me who foolishly bought a TV with that
: feature.
:
: I do however, think I would use a full screen side by side
: PIP.
:
: Do any of these new big screen HD TV's offer that feature?
:
My Mits 55511 does it.
Chip

IIRC the WS55511 (V21 chassis) only does it on non-HD modes. The new V22 &
V23 chassis sets (ending in 13) do PIP functions and allow format
distortions in the HD formats.

Leonard Caillouet

"Richard C." wrote:
"Sean" none wrote in message
...
: I'd niminate the box in the corner Picture in Picture as
: one of the most useless features ever. I don't know anyone that
: ever uses it, including me who foolishly bought a TV with that
: feature.
:
: I do however, think I would use a full screen side by side
: PIP.
:
: Do any of these new big screen HD TV's offer that feature?
:
My Mits 55511 does it.
Chip

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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:57:26 -0800, "Richard C."
wrote:

"Sean" none wrote in message ...
: I'd niminate the box in the corner Picture in Picture as
: one of the most useless features ever. I don't know anyone that
: ever uses it, including me who foolishly bought a TV with that
: feature.
:
: I do however, think I would use a full screen side by side
: PIP.
:
: Do any of these new big screen HD TV's offer that feature?
:
: Thanks

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In article ,
"MrMike" wrote:

The Sony GWIII has resizable pip called TwinView. By default, one will be
about 1/4 size vs. the other but you can +/- the "active" one and other
resizes proportionally. There is an electronic detent when both screens are
of equal size, side by each.
YMMV


So does all the Sony XBR widescreen sets. I think they refer to it as
the multi-image driver. PIP is in virtually every higher-end TV sets,
including analog ones.

The side by side is definitely more useful. I will sometimes watch
something and put a game next to it, listening to a Tivo recording and
then if the game looks like something interesting is going on, I could
switch to it.

My 34XBR910 will also show 16:9 images if I'm on a component or DVI
connection showing an HDTV show. When i hit TwinView, the 16:9 image is
shown and then on the other box, I can change to whatever. The only
thing is if you enter TwinView from a non-component input, then I can't
cycle into a component input.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:42:57 GMT, poldy wrote:

In article ,
"MrMike" wrote:

The Sony GWIII has resizable pip called TwinView. By default, one will be
about 1/4 size vs. the other but you can +/- the "active" one and other
resizes proportionally. There is an electronic detent when both screens are
of equal size, side by each.
YMMV


So does all the Sony XBR widescreen sets. I think they refer to it as
the multi-image driver. PIP is in virtually every higher-end TV sets,
including analog ones.

The side by side is definitely more useful. I will sometimes watch
something and put a game next to it, listening to a Tivo recording and
then if the game looks like something interesting is going on, I could
switch to it.



OK, TIVO question. TIVO does not support HD so how do you view HD
stuff? Is your HD OTA, Cable or Sat? And are you saying the TIVO
side of the ssplit screen is the one with the sound on and you switch
to the other input if desired.

A primer on how you're hooked up with TIVO, and HD would be nice.

My brain is beginning to hurt thinking about how I would do this.

Thanks

In article , Sean none
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:42:57 GMT, poldy wrote:

In article ,
"MrMike" wrote:

The Sony GWIII has resizable pip called TwinView. By default, one will be
about 1/4 size vs. the other but you can +/- the "active" one and other
resizes proportionally. There is an electronic detent when both screens are
of equal size, side by each.
YMMV


So does all the Sony XBR widescreen sets. I think they refer to it as
the multi-image driver. PIP is in virtually every higher-end TV sets,
including analog ones.

The side by side is definitely more useful. I will sometimes watch
something and put a game next to it, listening to a Tivo recording and
then if the game looks like something interesting is going on, I could
switch to it.



OK, TIVO question. TIVO does not support HD so how do you view HD
stuff? Is your HD OTA, Cable or Sat? And are you saying the TIVO
side of the ssplit screen is the one with the sound on and you switch
to the other input if desired.

A primer on how you're hooked up with TIVO, and HD would be nice.

My brain is beginning to hurt thinking about how I would do this.


No my Tivo is standard definition. But I watch standard and HDTV
programming on the set.