It took us this long to get to public acceptance of 16:9 -vs- 4:3, I can't imagine how long it will take to gain acceptance of anything even wider, but you never know. 1.78:1 is catching on though, more movies seem to be comming out in film on this ratio than other ratio's these days. Really...
Even aside from future proofing... having both DVI and HDMI is a way way cool thing for sure. So do the majority really think a set with only 1080i component inputs for HD, will be obsolete in a few years? 5 years? 7 years? 10 years? I mean heck, right now the U.S. compliance with even the...
John Roger..... This is only something you can decide. I went with a 60" 4:3 set, with the native widescreen HD mode, and when all my sources are taken into account. It was the way best choice for me personally. But I also own like 300 to 400 laserdiscs, all of those are non-anamorphic /...
Hmm be a little carefull here on your upgrade Ken. If your current 47" set is a 4:3 aspect ratio, and you buy a 50" 16:9 aspect ratio, your 4:3 material is going to seem tiny and be quite a shocking downgrade in size. I was in the same boat, and man for there to be no reduction in your 4:3...
What size screen you looking for here again? I personally decided what size screen, and then went around finding out which sets in that size fit my budget, then decided which ones of those I prefered the picture quality of.... John S.