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Dwight,
Nice home set-up....you don't happen to live in NH do you? ;-)
The rendering was to help me understand exactly what I am getting in terms
of screen size over my existing 27" TV with the new larger HDTV's now on the
market. The rendering helped me understand that a 34" widescreen TV is
really only as high as my current 27" TV and about 5 inches wider. At
around $2000 to $2500, I kept wondering what I was really getting for an
extra 2.5 inches on a side (or $500 per additional inch of screen width).
The rendering helped convince me it was not worth it. It also showed that a
34" widescreen was only slightly (0.8 inches) wider than a 36" standard TV
(4:3)....and again, the 36" standard TV was around $800 cheaper than the 34"
widescreen (same model and features...both were Sony XBR series). But alas,
everything is going widescreen so that did not make sense either.
So the rendering helped show me exactly what I was getting in terms of
overall screen size in comparison to what I am getting now with my 27" TV
screen...similar to what you did with your area calculations.
As far as RP or FP TV's, the wife has nixed those.....all TV's must go in an
entertainment amoire and therefore be covered up by doors when not in use.
So with this new TV is another search for a larger entertainment
center.....yet another headache.
Better to wait. At a 2% price drop per month on average, time is on my
side.
Thanks,
Dave Angelini
BTW: The Sony TV's come with front side memory stick ports (unfortunately a
format unique to Sony digital cameras)....therefore it is possible that you
could exhibit you tS renderings on your TV.....I just had to bring it back
to slightly on-topic.
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "D Evers" <dmevers@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] TV Screen Sizes (slightly OT)
> Man, what an kettle of worms. (good OT topic, though)
>
> In your doc, you mention a number of things which need further
qualification.
>
> LCD/LED technology is actually "older" than digital TV technology.
> (as far as mass consumer devices)
>
> Comparing LCD to a CRT is truely apples vs oranges. You either like apples
> better or like oranges more.
>
> I am a bit confused on your image comparison. (with the 4 different
overlaying
> screen sizes)
>
> Here is how I came to determine that 16x9 was right for me:
> A 27" 4x3 TV has ~729 sq inches of viewing. (for 4x3 material)
> A 27" 4x3 TV has ~614 sq inches of viewing. (for 16x9 material) [~24" 16x9
TV]
> A 30" 16x9 TV has ~900 sq inches of viewing. (for 16x9 material)
> A 30" 16x9 TV has ~600 sq inches of viewing. (for 4x3 material) [~24" 4x3
TV]
>
> But, remember, a 16x9 TV will expand the picture to take up the entire
screen,
> which significantly reduces the apparent loss of viewing. (at also makes a
> celebrity's head appear proportional to their egos...hehe)
>
> So, the point of all this wonderful math? Well, if you only watch 4x3
material,
> well, you should stick to a 4x3 TV...for now. But, there is omre 16x9
material
> coming out each day. Movie houses are moving away from dual aspect ratio
> releases and are solidifying on "widescreen" only releases.
>
> As far as cost, well, that is a different issue. Its the HDTV tuner and
> progressive scan DVD player that is going to eat up a person's budget.
>
> ALOT of home theater buffs have gone to either rear projection (RP) or
front
> projection (FP) setups. All the FP setups I have seen in recent months are
> consumer grade (or prosumer grade) LCD or DLP "office projectors" that
list at
> under $2K. (some SDTV FP are selling for $1100!!!)
>
> Folks are making their own 86" (16x9) screens for less than $60.
> - 16x9 viewing is on a 7396 sq inch surface
> - 4x3 viewing is on a 4900 sq inch surface (equivalent to a 70" 4x3
screen)
>
> Here is what yours truely has wasted time/money/sweat/blood on:
>
> http://www2.bitstream.net/~dmevers/ht/ht.html
>
> Now, don't get me wrong...a FP (or RP for that matter) do not have the
> brightness or contrast that a good CRT has...but, those are tradeoffs you
live
> with in order to get a really big screen. (and still save money vs. a
plasma)
>
> What does all this have to do with TS? Well, for my renderings, I am now
> rendering everything in 1600x900 for final output. I can resize this down
to
> 1280x720 and then go right to 720p HDTV signalling. I can resize/crop it
down
> to 848x480 for anamorphic widescreen DVDs, or crop it for use with 4x3
prints.
>
> [NOTE: the whole 1080i vs 720p battle is way WAY too offtopic...email me
> private to get a religious sermon from yours truely]
>
> Hope everyone is confused now...<sinister laugh?
>
>
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