| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  |  Posts: 672 | 
 | | Posted: |  |  |  |  |  |  | What I noticed the most is a comment to the video deejay linked to: Quote:I saw a guy from philips talking about this on TV and he was asked if it was a problem that most broadcast is in 16:9. He said that the TV would just stretch the picture so it filled the screen, and that it didn't matter if everything looked wider, because bigger = better!
 What a happy funtimein idiot. What self-respecting film/TV/sports fan is gonna watch a stretched image??
 The correct aspect ratio should always be preserved. The guy had no clue.
 I can't help but wondering how anyone working with video in any form can make such a braindead statement?     Okay, if we were talking resolution I'd agree, but is Philips actually expecting the world to re-invent the Blu-Ray disc with a resolution of 2560*1080, just to "fit" their screen? |  |  |  |  |  | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) | 
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| | Registered: May 18, 2007 |  | Reputation:  |  |  Posts: 5,922 | 
 | | Posted: |  |  |  |  |  |  | I can't watch anything that isn't at the proper aspect.  My mind keeps reminding me that that circle isn't a circle and distracting me by insisting I fix it.
 That said, the TV should have a zoom setting which will crop off the letterbox for a proper fit.
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| | Registered: March 19, 2007 |  | Reputation:  |  |  Posts: 6,018 | 
 | | Posted: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:The Philips in the OP isn't going to be cheap either.
  Correct: the SRP will be 3,999 euros. | 
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