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ananus

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Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« on: February 17, 2007, 12:46:09 AM »
Looking at widescreen tvs and monitors I feel the 4:3 aspect ratio actually looks better, but since that's what I always looked at my eyes might be a bit biased.
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Vizzys

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2007, 12:47:21 AM »
4:3 is fine, but widescreen is cool too.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2007, 12:52:24 AM »
Widescreen is basically a requirement to view most modern films in their OAR, but if you're a TV kinda guy then fullscreen can definitely cut it. Me? I'm stuck with an SD fullscreen TV, waiting for HDTV prices to drop to pick up a monster widescreen. :'(
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2007, 12:54:09 AM »
I just watch TV on my laptop *shrug*
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 12:57:16 AM »
Even as a kid I would complain about watching movies at home, because they looked different from the theater (widescreen there, mostly fullscreen on TV/VHS). But DVD changed all of that. Now fullscreen looks completely wrong, even when I'm watching a 1:33:1 OAR film. I just don't really like the look of things "filling my screen", because now I always imagine what information I'm missing on the right and left sides.
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brawndolicious

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 01:21:52 AM »
Doesn't really make any difference in quality of a movie or show but it's fucking convenient for games.

what did you test it on?
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 01:28:11 AM »
Eh, it took me a while to get used to it.  It feels so much better now though.  4:3 looks really weird now
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Himu

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2007, 01:28:51 AM »
I used to not really like it, but the more dvds I watched the more I adjusted.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2007, 01:43:46 AM »
I love Widescreen. Having used it for a while...going back to 4:3..the image feels cramped in.

I want to get a newer HDTV in my Room thats is has a physical 16:9 screen (its 4:3) but is capable of 16:9.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2007, 02:04:11 AM »
Is that a young Jennifer Connelly in your avatar?   :-*


edit--Yes it is...how you doin  :-*
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2007, 02:21:06 AM »
:lol

I'm doin good :-[
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TVC15

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2007, 03:12:58 AM »
Once you go widescreen monitor, there's NO TURNING BACK.  Widescreen + computar == anal sex
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2007, 03:17:28 AM »
you get used to it after a bunch of weeks, and afterwards there's simply no turning back

it makes for a much more immersive experience

and it's possible to get cheap 26-32 inches LCD HDTVs for a few hundred bucks, very few now have any valuable excuse not to upgrade their set
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2007, 03:19:18 AM »
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 17, 2007, 03:12:58 AM
Once you go widescreen monitor, there's NO TURNING BACK.  Widescreen + computar == anal sex

What kind of monitor do you have? I have a 17' one from eMachines, and I just watched TD in widescreen for the first time. I noticed in one scene where I actually saw less than what I saw in fullscreen. There's a scene where Costello is eating crab, and his plate is towards the bottom of the screen. In fullscreen I could see his plate, as well as the butter he was using as dip. In widescreen I didn't see it.

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TVC15

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2007, 03:45:47 AM »
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 225bw here at home (22") and a Dell 2407 at work (24").  The 22"er only cost me like 300 bucks, and it is a stellar display.  I kinda wish I had grabbed a second.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2007, 03:47:09 AM »
i still use the same 17 inches LCD monitor because most websites are made to accomodate a 1024 x 768 resolution
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TVC15

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2007, 03:51:02 AM »
Quote from: Mondain on February 17, 2007, 03:47:09 AM
i still use the same 17 inches LCD monitor because most websites are made to accomodate a 1024 x 768 resolution

With a widescreen monitor, you generally don't fullscreen many programs, except for various pro programs that have lots of interface to accomodate and work better spread out.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2007, 12:34:58 PM »
Shit, TOO wide? Id buy a 2.35:1 TV in a heartbeat if they ever sold one.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2007, 12:55:05 PM »
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 12:34:58 PM
Shit, TOO wide? Id buy a 2.35:1 TV in a heartbeat if they ever sold one.

Yeah, but then 1:85:1 films would look even more fucked up.
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Solo

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2007, 12:56:26 PM »
How so? You just get some vertical bars.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2007, 12:59:12 PM »
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 12:56:26 PM
How so? You just get some vertical bars.

Ugh.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2007, 01:06:27 PM »
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 12:56:26 PM
How so? You just get some vertical bars.

Really?
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Solo

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2007, 01:09:38 PM »
Of course. Just like displaying an image too wide for your 16:9 TV gives horizontal bars, displaying a ratio too "skinny" for your uber wide display would just result in vertical bars. Just like when you watch 4:3 content on your 16:9 display.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2007, 01:10:47 PM »
Still, a 2:35:1 TV would suck. Imagine watching a fullscreen movie/TV show on that? :yuck
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2007, 01:12:30 PM »
Thats why I said I would buy it in a heartbeat. Many wouldnt, and thats why such a model will never be marketed. 16:9 is the happy medium.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2007, 01:13:43 PM »
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 01:12:30 PM
Thats why I said I would buy it in a heartbeat. Many wouldnt, and thats why such a model will never be marketed. 16:9 is the happy medium.

Solo, you're such an eccentric.
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2007, 01:14:38 PM »
Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 17, 2007, 01:13:43 PM
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 01:12:30 PM
Thats why I said I would buy it in a heartbeat. Many wouldnt, and thats why such a model will never be marketed. 16:9 is the happy medium.

Solo, you're such an eccentric.

He's Europeon. Chances are he doesn't use deodorant either
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #27 on: February 17, 2007, 01:15:05 PM »
 :lol
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2007, 01:18:05 PM »
I can't imagine using a computer WITHOUT a aidescreen these days. It just feels more natural!
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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2007, 01:20:20 PM »
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 17, 2007, 01:14:38 PM
Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 17, 2007, 01:13:43 PM
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 01:12:30 PM
Thats why I said I would buy it in a heartbeat. Many wouldnt, and thats why such a model will never be marketed. 16:9 is the happy medium.

Solo, you're such an eccentric.

He's Europeon. Chances are he doesn't use deodorant either

Canada am Europe?
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Phoenix Dark

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Re: Is widescreen something you get used to or should it look better right away?
« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2007, 01:22:35 PM »
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 01:20:20 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 17, 2007, 01:14:38 PM
Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 17, 2007, 01:13:43 PM
Quote from: Solo on February 17, 2007, 01:12:30 PM
Thats why I said I would buy it in a heartbeat. Many wouldnt, and thats why such a model will never be marketed. 16:9 is the happy medium.

Solo, you're such an eccentric.

He's Europeon. Chances are he doesn't use deodorant either

Canada am Europe?

I'm sorry, when people tell me they're not American I automatically assume they're from Europe; even if they look asian I just assume the Euro pollution fucked up their eyes and made them impotent.


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