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- From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
- Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
- Subject: Re: Why you _need_ Widescreen....
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:14:48
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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- In-reply-to: amcalind@cs.strath.ac.uk's message of 17 Nov 92 16:54:33 GMT
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- amcalind> Why would you want widescreen?
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- amcalind> He goes on to say that he just bought a 52 inch TV, and
- amcalind> wants to use ALL of the picture area. In fact, he's just
- amcalind> defeated his own argument, for on a TV that size, he'll
- amcalind> really get the effect.
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- I watch on a 52 inch TV and your right. Watching LBX movies does give
- you a full effect. Maybe this guy should spend $10,000 dollars on a
- projection system to change the ratio aspects. Then he won't feel he's
- "loosing" any screen space. Or just settle for P&S....
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