Searching High and Wide for My HDTV Widescreen
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009If having to select between the differing kinds of technologies for my HDTV Widescreen wasn’t enough there are the other considerations I had to think about when I went to shop for my HDTV Widescreen.
Did I Really Need a Widescreen?
Although some makers still offer HDTVs in the older square-ish formats and come with a significantly lower price tags. And most local TV networks, though broadcasting in hi-def, still stick with the popularly known 4:3 proportion vs the cinematic proportion of 16:9. The answer was as simple as asking myself, what is the point in going high-def without going wide? Useless . My HD experience, when it came to movies and a handful of other networks broadcasting in both HD and wide formats, would then be hindered by the absence of width in my unit.
In Proportion
At first I was so excited that I had saved up enough to purchase an HDTV Widescreen sufficiently large to just be squished in between the two parallel walls of my living room. Good thing I went window shopping in malls and other independent appliance stores and that I did not rely on the photographs on the internet. I found out that I may actually go pointlessly wide that will be bad for close viewing as the issues will be much more visible. Think looking at something with a magnifying glass. I managed to jump this hurdle by measuring the distance between my couch and the spot where my HDTV Widescreen will be sitting at home and copying this distance when I am looking at those in display in the shops.
No problem with watching shows in 4:3 proportion as I will simply set my HDTV Widescreen to either crop, stretch or make do with “pillarbox”.