Website for widescreen

Is there a website that compares a 2.35 widescreen movie frame displayed on
a regular TV and on a 16x9 widescreen TV? I recently was not impressed with
the new widescreen TVs since the amount of image deleted in 2.35 (which is
the ratio of most movies today) did not appear substantially better than on
a 1.33 regular TV....at least perceptually.

Who will make a 2.35 ratio screen?

Alpha

"Alpha" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a website that compares a 2.35 widescreen movie frame
> displayed on a regular TV and on a 16x9 widescreen TV? I recently was
> not impressed with the new widescreen TVs since the amount of image
> deleted in 2.35 (which is the ratio of most movies today) did not
> appear substantially better than on a 1.33 regular TV....at least
> perceptually.

http://www.rexer.com/cine/oar.htm

The amount of letterboxing shouldn't change much from one TV to the
next. This isn't a TV issue; it's simple geometry. 2.35:1 is one shape,
16:9 is another. To fit 2.35:1 into 16:9, you have to shink it by a
certain amount.

> Who will make a 2.35 ratio screen?

It's doable now with front projection.

Joshua Zyber

Alpha wrote on [Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:53:57 -0800]:
> Is there a website that compares a 2.35 widescreen movie frame displayed on
> a regular TV and on a 16x9 widescreen TV? I recently was not impressed with
> the new widescreen TVs since the amount of image deleted in 2.35 (which is
> the ratio of most movies today) did not appear substantially better than on
> a 1.33 regular TV....at least perceptually.

image deleted?

Justin

"Joshua Zyber" <> wrote in message
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> "Alpha" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Is there a website that compares a 2.35 widescreen movie frame displayed
>> on a regular TV and on a 16x9 widescreen TV? I recently was not
>> impressed with the new widescreen TVs since the amount of image deleted
>> in 2.35 (which is the ratio of most movies today) did not appear
>> substantially better than on a 1.33 regular TV....at least perceptually.
>
> http://www.rexer.com/cine/oar.htm
>
> The amount of letterboxing shouldn't change much from one TV to the next.
> This isn't a TV issue; it's simple geometry. 2.35:1 is one shape, 16:9 is
> another. To fit 2.35:1 into 16:9, you have to shink it by a certain
> amount.
>
>> Who will make a 2.35 ratio screen?
>
> It's doable now with front projection.
>

Thank you for the excellent link.

Alpha