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Richard C. April 21st 09 04:11 PM

No black bars on this bad boy
 
"LightByrd" wrote in message
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"Kalarama" wrote in message
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| "rjn" wrote in message
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| "Kalarama" wrote:
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| ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips
| http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/
|
| Philips is now redirecting the 21:9 site to their main,
| at http://snipurl.com/g1xxu.
|
| And there are still black bars, on the side for much
| material, even though Philips is stretching the image,
| and claiming not to. Designed to annoy everyone.
| ==========================================
|
| I guess my heading might have read "No better", um, I mean "no *letter*
box
| bars . . . ".
| Pillar [side] boxes are a given on all current widescreen displays for
older
| material.
|
| ============================================
|
| The a/r problem will never go away, unless someone
| invents a time machine, and goes back and has a
| LONG talk with William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.
| Had he picked an a/r near 2:1 (or just 3 perf pulldown),
| it's possible that the vast majority of movies would
| have been made that way from day one, and TV
| would have been wide from the outset.
|
| --
| Regards, Bob Niland
| http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
| NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
| ==============================================
|
| Was the Academy Ratio arrived at when Edison or Dickson just held up
their
| hands and
| made the image with their fingers? I remember reading that somewhere a
long
| time ago, or is it an urban legend.
|
|
| -Kal A. Rama


I'd love to see what a 1:33 OAR looks like on a zoomed 21:9 :)

--
Regards,
Richard Harison

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I think there will be many people who do that and not care at all.........


LightByrd April 21st 09 04:24 PM

No black bars on this bad boy
 
"Richard C." wrote in message
...
| "LightByrd" wrote in message
| ...
| "Kalarama" wrote in message
| ...
| | "rjn" wrote in message
| |
|
...
| | "Kalarama" wrote:
| |
| | ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips
| | http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/
| |
| | Philips is now redirecting the 21:9 site to their main,
| | at http://snipurl.com/g1xxu.
| |
| | And there are still black bars, on the side for much
| | material, even though Philips is stretching the image,
| | and claiming not to. Designed to annoy everyone.
| | ==========================================
| |
| | I guess my heading might have read "No better", um, I mean "no
*letter*
| box
| | bars . . . ".
| | Pillar [side] boxes are a given on all current widescreen displays for
| older
| | material.
| |
| | ============================================
| |
| | The a/r problem will never go away, unless someone
| | invents a time machine, and goes back and has a
| | LONG talk with William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.
| | Had he picked an a/r near 2:1 (or just 3 perf pulldown),
| | it's possible that the vast majority of movies would
| | have been made that way from day one, and TV
| | would have been wide from the outset.
| |
| | --
| | Regards, Bob Niland
| | http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
| | NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
| | ==============================================
| |
| | Was the Academy Ratio arrived at when Edison or Dickson just held up
| their
| | hands and
| | made the image with their fingers? I remember reading that somewhere a
| long
| | time ago, or is it an urban legend.
| |
| |
| | -Kal A. Rama
|
|
| I'd love to see what a 1:33 OAR looks like on a zoomed 21:9 :)
|
| --
| Regards,
| Richard Harison
|
| ============================
| I think there will be many people who do that and not care at all.........

Just think how big Cyrano's nose would be!

--
Regards,
Richard Harison
|




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