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No6PackJoe · 02-19-2009, 02:52 PM

It's interesting but, do we really need another size ?

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It’s getting harder to make an HDTV that really stands out, but Philips has gone to great lengths (well, widths) with a new set it’s recently unveiled. Forgoing the 16:9 wide-screen aspect ratio most new sets have, the Cinema 21:9, a 56-inch LCD, extends to nearly the same ratio as movies shot in the 2.39:1 format.

16:9 wide-screen looks narrow-minded compared to Philips Cinema 21:9 HDTV | Home Theater | ZDNet.com

Astrakan · 02-19-2009, 04:34 PM

Yeah, I don't see the point. Either way some content will has black bars, be it above and below or to the sides. And since most (all?) widescreen content produced for TV is 16:9, I don't see this as being a big seller.

KMM

plissken99 · 02-19-2009, 06:58 PM

Yep this is a totally unnecissary product. We still have lots of consumers resisting jumping to HD, add another aspect ratio TV to confuse things why don't you? Many HDTV owners don't watch that many movies(and some still complain of the black bars, which won't go away on 1.85:1 movies with this set).

**SilentBob** · 02-20-2009, 05:18 AM

I too see no need for these products. If people don't like black bars then spend the money in a projector and a masking system. Its the only thing that will really fix these annoyances for people

MrMike · 02-20-2009, 08:25 PM

Simple solution. Two couches in the center of your viewing room with the backs together facing in opposite directions. Then have a 16:9 tv on one end and this monster on the opposite wall.

elisabthsp · 02-20-2009, 08:42 PM

thats a nice tv screen, hope i could get one like that.

ganthc · 02-24-2009, 06:42 PM

If they had made the screen taller, I think it might be more appealing. It looks really weird now. And imagine j6p stretching a 4:3 image to try and fill the screen on this bad boy.

02-19-2009, 04:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Astrakan Actor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Toronto, ON Canada	Yeah, I don't see the point. Either way some content will has black bars, be it above and below or to the sides. And since most (all?) widescreen content produced for TV is 16:9, I don't see this as being a big seller. KMM __________________ Blog, blog, bo blog. Banana, fana, fo flog. Me, my, mo mlog. Blog! DVD Profiler - The most features. The largest database. User-created plugins. Simply the best.

02-19-2009, 06:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
plissken99 Actor Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dallas, Ft Worth	Yep this is a totally unnecissary product. We still have lots of consumers resisting jumping to HD, add another aspect ratio TV to confuse things why don't you? Many HDTV owners don't watch that many movies(and some still complain of the black bars, which won't go away on 1.85:1 movies with this set). __________________ “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Snake Plissken Plissken's DVD, HD-DVD and Blu Ray collection And Plissken's home theater

02-20-2009, 05:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
SilentBob Silent Director/Silent Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario	I too see no need for these products. If people don't like black bars then spend the money in a projector and a masking system. Its the only thing that will really fix these annoyances for people __________________ SilentBob's DVD's Supporting both HD-DVD and Blu-ray XBOX LIVE: luvthempocket8s PS3 ONLINE: pokerlover

02-20-2009, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
MrMike Part of the Younger Demographic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pittsburgh	Simple solution. Two couches in the center of your viewing room with the backs together facing in opposite directions. Then have a 16:9 tv on one end and this monster on the opposite wall. __________________ My collection along with my wife's crappy movies. "I have twenty stores in thirty states."

02-24-2009, 06:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
ganthc Actor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: "Vyenna", VA	If they had made the screen taller, I think it might be more appealing. It looks really weird now. And imagine j6p stretching a 4:3 image to try and fill the screen on this bad boy. __________________ HOOK'EM!!! UT LONGHORNS - National Champs 2005-2006!!! http://ganthc.youaremighty.com

02-20-2009, 08:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
elisabthsp Supporting Actor Join Date: Feb 2009	thats a nice tv screen, hope i could get one like that.

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