Yea great but not all widescreen movies have the black bars at the top and bottom, some movies actually fill the entire 16:9 screen. So will 16:9 movies have black bars on the side when viewed on the 21:9, which means its like watching a 4:3 on a 16:9 screen. And what about older TV show which are 4:3, on a 21:9 screen you would have twice the thickness of black bars on the side. I am more of a movie buff then TV, but I am still not sold on this 21:9 screen, not until the movie, television shows, and TV manufactures conform to a standard format. There are too many variations in all three industries to consider buying this TV. We have DVD and Blu-rays, we have plasmas and LCD's and soon Laser TV and OLED TV and SED TV and FED TV, we have wide screen and anamorphic wide screen, we still have TV shows being filmed in pathetic 4:3 when 4:3 TV's are no longer being sold we have 16:9 and 21:9. I mean 2.76:1, 1.25:1, 21:9, 16:9, Its getting to be too much, even for a tech-head like me, I feel like throwing my hands in the air and saying screw it! I like my 16:9 plasma, I like my blu-ray and that’s it. In the end as long as the movie is widescreen and nothing is being chopped off I dont care if it is true widescreen or anamorphic or 2.76:1, 1.25:1, 21:9, 16:9, as long as it is widescreen, HD Blu-ray I dont care about black lines at the top and bottom. You will have to do a lot of convincing before I even consider buying a new TV like Laser or OLED with a newly introduced ratio 21:9 (outside the movie theater.)
p.s. SED and FED have no chances against Laser TV or OLED TV especially if it will drive down the price of Plasmas and LCD. Even that is too much that would be four types of TV’s and if SED and FED do indeed come out, then we will have 6 different types of TV’s to choose from? NO WAY not going to happen. Most novice consumers are already flustered when having to choose between LCD and Plasma and what the difference is between their old Tube TV and plasma let alone 4 other types of TV’s. Its all getting to be way too much and it sucks that the industry has let it build up this much, its just going to be one big mess with a lot of people loosing money.
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Yea great but not all widescreen movies have the black bars at the top and bottom, some movies actually fill the entire 16:9 screen. So will 16:9 movies have black bars on the side when viewed on the 21:9, which means its like watching a 4:3 on a 16:9 screen. And what about older TV show which are 4:3, on a 21:9 screen you would have twice the thickness of black bars on the side. I am more of a movie buff then TV, but I am still not sold on this 21:9 screen, not until the movie, television shows, and TV manufactures conform to a standard format. There are too many variations in all three industries to consider buying this TV. We have DVD and Blu-rays, we have plasmas and LCD's and soon Laser TV and OLED TV and SED TV and FED TV, we have wide screen and anamorphic wide screen, we still have TV shows being filmed in pathetic 4:3 when 4:3 TV's are no longer being sold we have 16:9 and 21:9. I mean 2.76:1, 1.25:1, 21:9, 16:9, Its getting to be too much, even for a tech-head like me, I feel like throwing my hands in the air and saying screw it! I like my 16:9 plasma, I like my blu-ray and that’s it. In the end as long as the movie is widescreen and nothing is being chopped off I dont care if it is true widescreen or anamorphic or 2.76:1, 1.25:1, 21:9, 16:9, as long as it is widescreen, HD Blu-ray I dont care about black lines at the top and bottom. You will have to do a lot of convincing before I even consider buying a new TV like Laser or OLED with a newly introduced ratio 21:9 (outside the movie theater.)
p.s. SED and FED have no chances against Laser TV or OLED TV especially if it will drive down the price of Plasmas and LCD. Even that is too much that would be four types of TV’s and if SED and FED do indeed come out, then we will have 6 different types of TV’s to choose from? NO WAY not going to happen. Most novice consumers are already flustered when having to choose between LCD and Plasma and what the difference is between their old Tube TV and plasma let alone 4 other types of TV’s. Its all getting to be way too much and it sucks that the industry has let it build up this much, its just going to be one big mess with a lot of people loosing money.