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What are some good 42" screen flat screen TVs?

I have a 42' tv do i still need to by wide screen movies?

  • so i have a 42' tv its a sanyo LCD screen and its wide (like almost all new tvs these days) so im wondering when buying movies (because i don't download) do i still need to by wide screen movies or can i get away with a full screen?

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    Your TV's aspect ratio is 16:9, 16 units of width for every 9 units of height. "full screen" DVDs are 4:3 AKA 12:9, if you have any "full screen" DVD movies they should have unused area, often mistakenly called black bars, on the sides to fill up the unneeded extra 4 units of width between the 12 and the 16. the ~60 years of TV programming in 4:3 should also have this unused space on the sides. Please don't do what most people do and stretch the 4:3 image to force it to fit the 16:9 area, it ruins the image quality and makes people look short and fat along with turning circles like car wheels into short ovals. Pleas see this primer on what you should be seeing on your screen and why: http://www.widescreen.org/widescreen.shtml http://www.widescreen.org/widescreen_matte.shtml So yes, unless you buy a movie that is supposed to be in 4:3, like The Wizard of Oz, continue to buy the widescreen version, and make sure your player is set to 16:9 normal mode. This is also a bonus of Blu-ray Disc, almost all movies are in the proper aspect ratio, hence you can usually just go buy a movie without having to check which version it is. This was a problem with DVD, there were pre-pan&scanned, pre-cropped, open matte, or otherwise pre-wrecked versions on the shelf next to the proper version hence you had to actively check for the correct one. Even worse, some places, like Wal-Mart, actively only carried the pre-wrecked version, leaving those who wanted a full image instead of a full screen out in the cold. IMO they should never have been labeled "widescreen" and "full-screen" they should have been labeled with the presented aspect ratio, the original aspect ratio, how much % of the image was lost if cropped, and whether the presentation was letterboxed or anamorphic.

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Regular dvds will show wide screen on the tv but may have black bars on the top and bottom as the aspect ratio the film was shot in won't fill a tv screen. Some will fill the screen. Blu Ray with HDMI will give you the best quality pic. Be sure to adjust your dvd player's output to match the 16:9 size of your tv. Check the owner's manual for instructions.

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You can alter the size of the screen for bigger wider etc ,but if the film was made in Cinerama it will be narrow ,

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