Have you ever noticed that when you are watching a movie, even if you have a widescreen TV (16:9 or 16:10 aspect), there are still sometimes black bars on the top and bottom. Obviously, I prefer the bars to stretched images (don’t get me started about those).
There is a new product coming to the market that could help alot with said movie viewing. It is the Philips 21:9 56” TV.
The downside is that is appears to only be available in Europe.
From a technical perspective, having a 21:9 aspect TV is nice. You’ll often notice on the back of a DVD box a mention that the film is presented in a 2.35 aspect ratio. 21:9 works out to 2.33, which is pretty darn close. HDTV is a 16:9 aspect ratio, or around 1.78, whereas standard definition (NTSC at least) is 4:3, or 1.33. (note, not all movies are 2.35, but quite a few are)
So yeah. Lets hope this pick up enough interest that Philips will bring them over to the states. Oh, and another use would be for co-op gaming, you could have 2 players using side-by-side and still have a decent amount of screen space to use.
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