No black bars on this bad boy

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ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips

http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/

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Of COURSE there will be black bars!

On 1.33:1 and 1.85:1 movies there will be vertical black bars.

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ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips

http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/


The only way to have "no black bars" on ANY TV is to exclusively play
material which us in the same aspect ratio as the screen.



I think the alliteration in the heading is more fun.

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Lying is fun?

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ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips

http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/

Content with an aspect ratio of LESS than 2.35:1 (including 1.85:1
movies, 16x9 TV shows and 4:3 TV shows) will have black bars on the side.
Get used to it.

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Kishin



Used to what?

Letterboxes or pillarboxes don't bother me that much, but if they do, I
zoom.

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The ignorati will always hate OAR!

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ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips
http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/

Content with an aspect ratio of LESS than 2.35:1 (including 1.85:1
movies, 16x9 TV shows and 4:3 TV shows) will have black bars on the
side. Get used to it.
Kishin

Used to what?

Letterboxes or pillarboxes don't bother me that much, but if they do, I
zoom.
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The ignorati will always hate OAR!


Yup, that's me, hate-hate-hating ignoramuth.

Actually, quite far from being ignorant, [or hateful] having designed my
first home theater in 1974 [16mm film, an arc-light source for awhile, with
the projector in an attic sound-booth].

Had a 1,000 watt quad-amped sound system to go along with it.

So, nowadays in our front projector [marantz VP-11] room here in the main
[cellar] theater, when a 2.35:1 AR is shown, the 8' wide image can still
seem a tad small. The seats are on casters, so I simply move the seats a
little closer. No need to zoom there at all.

Upstairs is the new 52" LCD in the den [for more casual viewing], where the
lazy-boys are on heavy carpet, so.... I'll [GASP!!] zoom the image sometimes
if I feel like it.

I mean, really, who cares?

"Richard C." wrote in message
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ULTRA-wide LCD by Philips

http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultima...ultrawide_lcd/

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Of COURSE there will be black bars!

On 1.33:1 and 1.85:1 movies there will be vertical black bars.


Yes, this was thoroughly disclosed at the recent ararn.org symposium.






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(ararn: anal retentive aspect ratio nazis)

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PLEASE don't name your children Oglethorpe or Gladiola..

ASCII wrote:
Kalarama wrote:
I mean, really, who cares?

Just another excuse to thump your chest
and detail how kewl your setup is eh?

Seems there is in A/V (HDTV) as in other technical hobbies,
the relentless pursuit of one upmanship, with the haves trying to stay
ahead of the have nots seeking to catch up. It's finessing this rat race
that drives the manufacturers to ever more exotic sizes and their
non-standard aspect ratios, so that what to do with the extra space has
content producers wondering is my offering going to be classified as an
obsolete format upon release.
~round 'n round we go~



But manufacturers don't determine aspect ratios, program directors do.

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

"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.

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.

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Regards, Bob Niland
http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.

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"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.
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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.

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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.
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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

"Kalarama" wrote in message
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| "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

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Regards,
Richard Harison

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I mean, really, who cares?
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When the only version available is butchered to fit someone's screen, it is
worth caring about.

Pillow Book has NEVER been released properly anywhere (for example).