Originally Posted by Jayen4
Hmmm, Just read through this thread and from what I've seen,I think LCD is better.
I have a question,though......... Are there any LCD tv's in the 'old' format style ?? I think CRT tv's are in 4:3 format,aren't they?? Much better than 'wide screen'.
Why in the FUCK would you want a 4:3 TV??? Much better? Why? Cos you lose a third of the picture?
One of the best benefits I noticed when I got a freeview box was not the extra channels it gave (please, I barely watch the 5 "normal" channels, let alone 30!) but that on 95% of all programmes you got the full 16:9 widescreen picture - which means you don't lose a tird of your pic that you do on 4:3 res....
Here, example of a 16:9 picture being displayed on a 16:9 TV screen;
and a 4:3 picture being displayed on the same 16:9 TV screen;
And here is how 16:9 is presented on a 4:3 TV - much smaller "picture" area;
But, when you watch "normal" TV channels (example, BBC 1) on a 4:3 TV, you lose a third of the picture with either side being "chopped" off, like so;
Way I see it, if it was intended to be watched that way, then that way is best! I have a 4:3 TV in my room and I HATE watching DVD's on it cos of the fat "black lines" you get top and bottom - even worse when you get an anamorphic film is 1.83:1 ratio - the picture is TINY..... (full 16:9 is 2.35:1 IIRC)