Aspect ratio 16:9

I would like to measure the actual aspect ratio of latest TVs. Can someone
advise the measurement method for this parameter.

Thanks,

Scott

Scott wrote:
I would like to measure the actual aspect ratio of latest TVs. Can
someone advise the measurement method for this parameter.

Missed geometry class?

Take tape measure. Hold along the long side. Note. Now hold along short
side and note.
Now place the first number over the second and many will reduce to 16:9;
16/9 if you prefer.

--
john mcwilliams

"Scott" wrote in message
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I would like to measure the actual aspect ratio of latest TVs. Can someone
advise the measurement method for this parameter.

Thanks,

Scott

Um, the aspect ration of the latest TVs (screen size) is going to be 4:3, or
16:9. You should be able to tell the difference with your eyes. Now the
actual size of the picture being shown will vary a great deal, depending on
what aspect ratio was used to record it. Google is your friend.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:25 -0500, "Deke" wrote:

Um, the aspect ration of the latest TVs (screen size) is going to be 4:3, or
16:9. You should be able to tell the difference with your eyes. Now the
actual size of the picture being shown will vary a great deal, depending on
what aspect ratio was used to record it. Google is your friend.

How many 4:3 TVs are being sold these days?

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

Howard Brazee wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:25 -0500, "Deke" wrote:

Um, the aspect ration of the latest TVs (screen size) is going to be 4:3, or
16:9. You should be able to tell the difference with your eyes. Now the
actual size of the picture being shown will vary a great deal, depending on
what aspect ratio was used to record it. Google is your friend.

How many 4:3 TVs are being sold these days?


I would guess just the small ones for kitchen and in-car use.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:19:45 -0400, RickMerrill
wrote:

How many 4:3 TVs are being sold these days?


I would guess just the small ones for kitchen and in-car use.

The kitchen and portable players I've seen are 16:9. Maybe I haven't
looked hard enough.


--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

In Howard Brazee
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:19:45 -0400, RickMerrill
wrote:

How many 4:3 TVs are being sold these days?


I would guess just the small ones for kitchen and in-car use.

The kitchen and portable players I've seen are 16:9. Maybe I haven't
looked hard enough.

To duplicate the image size of my 10" 4:3 CRT kitchen TV in a 16:9
format (picture's about 6" tall), I'd be looking for a 12" model, which
I've never seen.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 15 Oct 2009 20:01:44 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

To duplicate the image size of my 10" 4:3 CRT kitchen TV in a 16:9
format (picture's about 6" tall), I'd be looking for a 12" model, which
I've never seen.

I suppose by "duplicate the image size", you mean having the same
narrowcast size. By that standard, duplicating a wide screen image
into a 4:3 screen would require a larger screen to fit letterboxing.
Each option is smaller than the other. (depending on how you measure
these things).

But what's important about duplicating the image? An inch larger or
an inch smaller would be lacking something?

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

Bert Hyman wrote:
In Howard Brazee
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:19:45 -0400, RickMerrill
wrote:

How many 4:3 TVs are being sold these days?

I would guess just the small ones for kitchen and in-car use.
The kitchen and portable players I've seen are 16:9. Maybe I haven't
looked hard enough.

To duplicate the image size of my 10" 4:3 CRT kitchen TV in a 16:9
format (picture's about 6" tall), I'd be looking for a 12" model, which
I've never seen.


http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...ingid=33281698

is supposedly 4:3 with NTSC, etc.

In Howard Brazee
wrote:

On 15 Oct 2009 20:01:44 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

To duplicate the image size of my 10" 4:3 CRT kitchen TV in a 16:9
format (picture's about 6" tall), I'd be looking for a 12" model,
which I've never seen.

I suppose by "duplicate the image size", you mean having the same
narrowcast size.

I mean that the image is the same height.

By that standard, duplicating a wide screen image into a 4:3 screen
would require a larger screen to fit letterboxing. Each option is
smaller than the other. (depending on how you measure these things).

But what's important about duplicating the image? An inch larger or
an inch smaller would be lacking something?

The image on a 10" 4:3 set is already too small, but a 12" 16:9 set
is 2" wider than the 4:3, and counter space is tight enough in the
kitchen as it is.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN