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1.78 will accomodate all 3 formats(plus the 4:3 of NTSC TV), but you will get black bars top and bottom on 1.85 and 2.35 formats. The only way to avoid this (other than using the zoom function, which most consider to be a no-no) is with a masking system. You can buy a screen with adjustable masks, but they tend to be quite expensive. Some here have made thier own though. Personally, the top and bottom bars don't bother me. When you get absorbed in a movie they tend to dissapear. Now the side bars on a 4:3 format drive me crazy. That's why I do everything possible to avoid having to watch 4:3 material on my widescreen system. As I understand it, a 1.85 or 2.35 screen isn't a good idea because, for instance, on a 1.85 screen 1.78 movies will not fit (vertically) and on a 2.35 neither 1.78 or 1.85 will fit.
As for the wooden sub floor. I believe it has to do with the quantity and quality of bass, but I'm sure someone lese can explain it much better than I can.
Good luck and enjoy your new system.
Steve
\"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.\" - P.J. O\'Rourke
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