Originally Posted by Paddy C:
“Given there are 3 different sizes a picture could be in, and all of them are a good proportion taller or wider than the other, there is no way whatsoever all 3 can be on one set without black borders to maintain the image ratio.
There are 2.35:1 sized TV's so 2.35:1 movies are shown in the full size of the screen, but this means that 16:9 content is shown with black bars at the left and right, and 4:3 content would be shown with deep black bars to the left and right.
Imagine watching 4:3 content on one of those TV's and it was streched to fill the screen!
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“Given there are 3 different sizes a picture could be in, and all of them are a good proportion taller or wider than the other, there is no way whatsoever all 3 can be on one set without black borders to maintain the image ratio.
There are 2.35:1 sized TV's so 2.35:1 movies are shown in the full size of the screen, but this means that 16:9 content is shown with black bars at the left and right, and 4:3 content would be shown with deep black bars to the left and right.
Imagine watching 4:3 content on one of those TV's and it was streched to fill the screen!
”
I saw the Philips 2.35:1 TV shown on Click with the 4:3 image stretched some of the way, but it wouldn't do so to the full 2.35:1 (although, as you indicate, it would look horrendous)



