Comments on: Widescreen TVs Get the Bends http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Marion http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58365 Keith Marion Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:07:10 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58365 You're not getting bent out of shape over nothing, but it's hard to believe that people don't see this distortion, or don't care! Could it be that they're simply willing to endure the misshapen image just to defend and be a part of those first to be owners of an innovation that hasn't yet gotten the bugs out? You're not getting bent out of shape over nothing, but it's hard to believe that people don't see this distortion, or don't care! Could it be that they're simply willing to endure the misshapen image just to defend and be a part of those first to be owners of an innovation that hasn't yet gotten the bugs out?

]]> By: Erik http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58364 Erik Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:37:26 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58364 I just bought a Pioneer Pro-1130HD and have been watching it in the Wide screen mode which stretches the image more at the ends and very little in the middle. It appears to stretch more on the left side of the screen than on the right, and this is more noticeable when watching CNN or FNC which have the running news captions at the bottom. Has anyone else noticed this or is my tv just defective? I just bought a Pioneer Pro-1130HD and have been watching it in the Wide screen mode which stretches the image more at the ends and very little in the middle. It appears to stretch more on the left side of the screen than on the right, and this is more noticeable when watching CNN or FNC which have the running news captions at the bottom. Has anyone else noticed this or is my tv just defective?

]]> By: Ruben http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58362 Ruben Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:13:33 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58362 If you folks think this a pain in the neck. <br /> think about this, i want buy a tv digital from two year ago, i have all the catalogs and read all the reviews in this site and others, only need wait por five years more to all the standards, and may be then i understand how use a tv digital whitout the correct signal...<br /> is a waste of opportunities...and time If you folks think this a pain in the neck.
think about this, i want buy a tv digital from two year ago, i have all the catalogs and read all the reviews in this site and others, only need wait por five years more to all the standards, and may be then i understand how use a tv digital whitout the correct signal…
is a waste of opportunities…and time

]]> By: Ruben http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58363 Ruben Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:13:33 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58363 You´re right, right, right, all you folks,<br /> it´s a shame for the stores, and i don´t understand a this people whit this rare eyes, <br /> maybe i need eyes like people of sony, or toshiba, or, another... You´re right, right, right, all you folks,
it´s a shame for the stores, and i don´t understand a this people whit this rare eyes,
maybe i need eyes like people of sony, or toshiba, or, another…

]]> By: Edblor http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58355 Edblor Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:27:10 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58355 Until a majority of viewers, or when the legislation goes live, most signals entering our homes will be 4:3.<br /> <br /> I do agree with your thoughts on stores selling 16:9 displays showing 4:3 content.....tsk, tsk! Until a majority of viewers, or when the legislation goes live, most signals entering our homes will be 4:3.

I do agree with your thoughts on stores selling 16:9 displays showing 4:3 content…..tsk, tsk!

]]> By: Phil_K http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58360 Phil_K Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58360 You are very correct. I have trained most of the people around me (my wife, family, etc.) that Widescreen is the only format to buy (for movies and other media as applicable) in order to preserve the original aspect ration and view the feature as it was originally intended.<br /> <br /> I think that fungku has a good point, and people want all images to fill their screen (whether it be 4:3 or 16:9) despite the negative effect on image quality. I doubt that some people will ever be convinced to watch their tv with black bars "wasting space," but we (the enlightened) shall continue attempting to convince them. And the manufacturers/retailers/broadcasters should foster the correct behavior by displaying images and video in the proper aspect ratios. You are very correct. I have trained most of the people around me (my wife, family, etc.) that Widescreen is the only format to buy (for movies and other media as applicable) in order to preserve the original aspect ration and view the feature as it was originally intended.

I think that fungku has a good point, and people want all images to fill their screen (whether it be 4:3 or 16:9) despite the negative effect on image quality. I doubt that some people will ever be convinced to watch their tv with black bars “wasting space,” but we (the enlightened) shall continue attempting to convince them. And the manufacturers/retailers/broadcasters should foster the correct behavior by displaying images and video in the proper aspect ratios.

]]> By: parched http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58361 parched Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:32:07 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58361 The worst of this stretching is when a wide screen show is broadcast in analog 4:3 with bars (battlestar galactica for instance). Turning the full screen stretch option off puts bars on ALL FOUR SIDES! The ratio is preserved, but that 60" widescreen is displaying a 30-40" picture..<br /> <br /> *shakes head* The worst of this stretching is when a wide screen show is broadcast in analog 4:3 with bars (battlestar galactica for instance). Turning the full screen stretch option off puts bars on ALL FOUR SIDES! The ratio is preserved, but that 60″ widescreen is displaying a 30-40″ picture..

*shakes head*

]]> By: RX8 http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58359 RX8 Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:49:29 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58359 haha Benj's comments are funny, but true!<br /> <br /> These bars drive me crazy too. Its a pain in the butt to go digital these days... haha Benj's comments are funny, but true!

These bars drive me crazy too. Its a pain in the butt to go digital these days…

]]> By: Benjamin Crigger http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58358 Benjamin Crigger Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:15:43 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58358 Same here, Mark...espically from a retailer standpoint...<br /> <br /> We all know that marketing doesn't really care if you like the product...they just want you to buy it lol. So if I'm a store and I'm trying to sell a $5000 plasma TV...GET THE RATIO RIGHT!<br /> <br /> The idea that people would strecht it to keep it from looking small...I can believe. I know for myself that I don't like the horizontal bars on my 27" TV when I'm sitting 15' from it.<br /> <br /> The funniest thing is...in this world...where everyone's worry about their looks...and worried about losing weight...<br /> we have people running TVs that make you look like you've gained 100 pounds lol ;) Same here, Mark…espically from a retailer standpoint…

We all know that marketing doesn't really care if you like the product…they just want you to buy it lol. So if I'm a store and I'm trying to sell a $5000 plasma TV…GET THE RATIO RIGHT!

The idea that people would strecht it to keep it from looking small…I can believe. I know for myself that I don't like the horizontal bars on my 27″ TV when I'm sitting 15' from it.

The funniest thing is…in this world…where everyone's worry about their looks…and worried about losing weight…
we have people running TVs that make you look like you've gained 100 pounds lol ;)

]]> By: fungku http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58357 fungku Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58357 I hate the stretching too. When I first experienced a wide screen TV at a friends house about 4 years ago, I thought something was wrong with his TV. He had it set to stretch while watching normal analog broadcasting. It drove me NUTS. Nothing like feeling your vision is going bad because you see someone on the TV with a watermelon head.<br /> <br /> I think people dont like the bars cause it makes what they are watching look smaller, and they want the picture to be as big as possible because they spent a lot of money on the widescreen TV. That's my 2 cents at least. I hate the stretching too. When I first experienced a wide screen TV at a friends house about 4 years ago, I thought something was wrong with his TV. He had it set to stretch while watching normal analog broadcasting. It drove me NUTS. Nothing like feeling your vision is going bad because you see someone on the TV with a watermelon head.

I think people dont like the bars cause it makes what they are watching look smaller, and they want the picture to be as big as possible because they spent a lot of money on the widescreen TV. That's my 2 cents at least.

]]> By: Cord Frederic Romberg http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58356 Cord Frederic Romberg Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:05:44 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58356 i feel just the same....<br /> <br /> my last job was in news broadcast and some employees had the same apathy that you discribed... i always had to go beserk to get some attention in that matter... fortunatly the newer flat's have an automatic mode and a lot of boradcasters send a boradcast flag for 4:3 or 16:9, but some don't and some even get the aspect ratio wrong, like ABC-DT in los angeles, no everything, but some stuff get's transimitted 14:10 and has a flag for 4:3 attached to it... very embarrasing, but true and sad..... i feel just the same….

my last job was in news broadcast and some employees had the same apathy that you discribed… i always had to go beserk to get some attention in that matter… fortunatly the newer flat's have an automatic mode and a lot of boradcasters send a boradcast flag for 4:3 or 16:9, but some don't and some even get the aspect ratio wrong, like ABC-DT in los angeles, no everything, but some stuff get's transimitted 14:10 and has a flag for 4:3 attached to it… very embarrasing, but true and sad…..

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/widescreen-tvs-get-the-bends/#comment-58354 Ian Bell Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:09:21 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58354 I don't have the number in front of me, but what percentage of households do you think have a wide screen TV?<br /> <br /> What does the percentage need to be before broadcasters start changing their format over to wide-screen?<br /> <br /> For me, stretching the image ruins the whole experience. Nothing like paying thousands for a plasma TV just to accept the fact that most broadcasts are still in the 4:3 aspect ratio. There needs to be a push for this format from all sides, broadcasters, retailers and manufacturers. I don't have the number in front of me, but what percentage of households do you think have a wide screen TV?

What does the percentage need to be before broadcasters start changing their format over to wide-screen?

For me, stretching the image ruins the whole experience. Nothing like paying thousands for a plasma TV just to accept the fact that most broadcasts are still in the 4:3 aspect ratio. There needs to be a push for this format from all sides, broadcasters, retailers and manufacturers.

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