http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/ Engadget HD Comments for Widescreen LCDs going widescreen by 2010 http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/Jul 2nd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/
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But anyway, the problem with 16x10 is that there is NO video format that is undistorted. 16x9 doesn't match everything, but at least 4x3 or cinema sizes are matted to 16x9 as a matter of course. So, yeah, hurray for 16x9.

As far as people who think black bars are stealing their pixels, and that distorting the picture is better, I vote for taking away their TVs so that the networks don't have to make so many shows for stupid people.]]>Jul 2nd 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/
Come on, that's not at all what I'm saying. I was just saying it would be nice (read: "nice") for this generation of TVs to be as wide as most (not all) movies made today or for a consensus of filmmakers to agree on a common ratio for the foreseeable future. Obviously movie screens should not be cropped to 16x9 (that's definitely my mistake). Although my TV remote has a near-useless zoom function, someone will have to show me the zoom button on the PS3 Blu-ray remote (because there isn't one). But clearly it would be pointless to use due to quality compromising distortion and image cropping.

Of course I don't think black bars are "stealing pixels," and I don't advocate "distorting the picture" (Why jump to unfounded conclusions and resort to snarky, pseudo-intellectual "I'm-better-than-you" attempts at insults?).

I see there are true black bar lovers here. Personally, IMHO, I'd like to see them reduced from my daily field of vision, if possible. (read: But obviously not at the expense of the source material)]]>Jul 2nd 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/
You have noticed however that even 1.85:1 films don;t completely fill the 16:9 screen right? (there is still slight letterboxing at the top and bottom). So we still have 4 aspect rations in common use today (4:3, 16:9, 1.85:1, and 2.35:1)

I think this is a problem that can only be solved except by changing our expectations. There is just too much visual content from too many diverse sources to ever achieve standardization (not to mention some business like movie theaters make not want standardization). I love my widescreen TV because I have so many widescreen DVD's and even the 2.35:1 ones are a lot bigger now than they were on my old 27 inch Trinitron. But many of them still have letterboxing and its a heck of a lot better than it was on the old 4:3 tube. I honestly forget about it after a while.

On the other hand widescreen aspect ratios on computers is great for movies and TV but not so great for productivity especially if you do graphic work like I do. It won't be long before I have to buy a 30" Apple or Dell monitor because dual widescreens will be so long and skinny as to be useless.]]>Jul 2nd 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/Jul 2nd 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/Jul 2nd 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/02/widescreen-lcds-going-widescreen-by-2010/Jul 2nd 2008 6:44PM