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Why are TVs 16:9 when DVDs are 2:1 (Anamorphic, whatever that is?). The Widescreen never seems to match up with my telly anyway, unless I put it into "cinerama" or some other stupidly named widescreen mode. Whats the difference between 16:9 and 16:9Large?

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The common cinema experience is 2.35:1 the words anamorphic basically means it automatically sets tv to correct ratio,none anamorphic dvd will show letterbox in a 4:3 ratio which is pants :D the format is not written in stone,movie producers choose themselves,have you seen in the cinema the little side curtains open after the trailers this is 2.35:1,oceans 12 is 2.4:1 for instance,so the 16:9 tv has its bands as to not lose any of the picture,most tvs have cinema mode or a ratio adjuster to allow you to fill the screen but this will not be in correct aspect

Assault on precinct 13 (2005) is 1.85:1 this will fill a 16:9 tv

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i just went for a viewsonic n3000w
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/de.../lcdtv/n3000w/
didnt want bigger as my front room sofa is huge so only about 7 foot away from it when its on the wall

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Probably as it is easier to make a widescreen CRT tube at 16:9 than wider, of course this may be different for plasma and LCD.

Anamorphic, this is a whizzy on DVDs. If you think of a widescreen VHS tape, the tape is recorded with a black bar at the top and bottom, a large proportion of the tape is dedicated to recording nothing but black. An anamorphic DVD on the other hand has an instruction at the start to define the black and then the entire bandwidth of the transmission is used to play out the moving image between the black bars at a higher available resolution.

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Nice telly - are there enough widescreen programmes in the USA for it to be worth it though?

So, no elections in the last few months then?