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What are some good 42" screen flat screen TVs?

Do wide screen movies fit wide screen tvs perfectly with no black bars?

  • Everytime i watch widescreen dvds on my regular flat screen teleivsion set i see black bars on top and at bottom of screen. I am curious if widescreen tvs do this as well or does the movie fit perfecly with absolutly no black bars. Thanks

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    ASPECT RATIO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio The ratio of the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your TV are likely NOT EQUAL to the HEIGHT and WIDTH of the MOVIE. Therefore there's no way to display the image (without distortion) without the bars, which make up for this inequality. Think about trying to post a SQUARE PICTURE in a RECTANGULAR PLACEHOLDER. ------ BTW: Full Screen DVDs are NOT the answer,.. you actually sacrifice a portion of the original image in order to "fill" your screen!!! It's better to TURN OFF THE LIGHTS and/or get accustomed to the bars,... LOOK AT THE IMAGE -- not the TV! -----

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We have a really nice widescreen that my husband bought last year, and unfortunately the answer is depends. Depends on the movie. Most fit perfectly, but there are quite a few (more cheaply dvd'd, I'm guessing) that don't.

SuperGeek

Nope, TV movies will. But theatre movies are in a different aspect ratio! So black bars!

tattie_herbert

Some do, some don't. There are several formats available to movie producers that don't conform to the two (4:3 or 16:9) formats available on televisions.

Mr. Peachy®

no.

~Ally~

Nope, they still have the black bar.

helloprissykitty

idk it seems that the would fit perfectly but who knows?

Me

YEA

Picklez

Depends on the aspect ratio of the DVD. Not all widescreen DVD's use the same ratio, so some will have bars. The ratio for widescreen tv's is 16:9 and most widescreen DVD's are 16:9 resulting in no black bars.

proguy00

Depends on the movie and your screen. Most widescreen movies are either 4X8 or 16X9. If you have for example a 16X9 screen then the 16X9 movie will fit correctly with no black bars. Hope this helps.

Yulek

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