HDTV TELEVISIONS

If having to select between the different types of technologies for my HDTV Widescreen was not enough there are the other considerations I had to think of when I went to buy my HDTV Widescreen.

Did I actually Need a Widescreen?

Although some makers still offer HDTVs in the older square-ish formats and come with a lower price tags. And most local TV networks, although broadcasting in hi-def, still stick with the popularly known 4:3 ratio vs the cinematic proportion of 16:9. The answer was as simple as asking myself, what’s the point in going high-def without going wide? Purposeless . My HD experience, when it came to pictures and a handful of other networks broadcasting in both HD and wide formats, would then be impeded by the lack of width in my unit.

In Proportion

At first I was so thrilled I had saved up enough to purchase an HDTV Widescreen big enough to just be squished in between the two parallel walls of my living room. Good thing I went window shopping in malls and other independent appliance stores and I didn’t depend on the pictures online. I discovered that I may very well go unnecessarily wide which will be bad for up close viewing as the issues will be much more visible. Think having a look at something with a magnifying glass. I managed to jump this hurdle by measuring the space between my couch and the spot where my HDTV Widescreen will be sitting at home and copying this distance when I am looking at those in display in the shops.

No difficulty with watching shows in 4:3 proportion as I will simply set my HDTV Widescreen to either crop, stretch or make do with “pillarbox”.

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