16:9 or 15:9 LCD TV's

DVB Cornwall · 13-04-2005, 20:52

I am a little confused - My Tv went pop tonight and am looking online at alternatives.

I have looked at a http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLV30HR3B and it shows the aspect ratio as 15:9 rather than 16:9 and it appears to be correct. So what happens to a 16:9 picture when presented does it chop off some of the top and bottom of the screen?

Yours,

Confused of Cornwall.

ntlhellworld · 13-04-2005, 20:59

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Originally Posted by DVB Cornwall

I am a little confused - My Tv went pop tonight and am looking online at alternatives.

I have looked at a http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLV30HR3B and it shows the aspect ratio as 15:9 rather than 16:9 and it appears to be correct. So what happens to a 16:9 picture when presented does it chop off some of the top and bottom of the screen?

Yours,

Confused of Cornwall.

15:9 screens are just a way of the manufacture saving money, the tv will squish a 16:9 picture into a 15:9 frame, so the picture will look horribly compressed, or the other menthod that manufactures are using is lossing a sliver of both sides of the screen!. My advice - avoid 15:9 at all costs.

Content is filmed in 16:9, so watch it on a 16:9 screen!!!, even if if dose cost abit more.
-Chris

Jim Rae · 14-04-2005, 02:01

The Sony is a very elegant widescreen TV - and it's a good one.

It has a resolution of 1280 by 768 which is not at all bad...

GaryB · 14-04-2005, 09:20

Many early LCDs used 15:9 displays as these were the first available. They were originally used in widescreen computer displays where for some reason 15:9 was used. Most of those sets don't use any internal correction for the fact that the display is 15:9 instead of 16:9, indeed some of them even mention 16:9 in their on-screen menus. This means that the pictures can be slightly squashed as ntlhellworld mentioned above.

freneticvirus · 15-04-2005, 19:23

then you have the newer 16:10 ratio lcd monitors that are being classed as the normal. it's just all gone wrong.

meltcity · 15-04-2005, 20:39

Not to mention the 1280 x 1024 LCDs that are classed as 4:3 when they are in fact 5:4 - if you set your graphics card to any other resolution you get a squished picture.

Lyris · 15-04-2005, 20:44

I have the smaller model of that Sony TV - the KLV26HG2. It is an *excellent* display, but sadly not DVI/HDMI/HDCP compatible so don't buy it with SKY HDTV in mind.

But yes, it's a 15:9 screen. It doesn't squash the picture - it clips the sides. The reason we get these odd ratios for screens, I think, is something to do with the fact that manufacturers find it easier to take panels designed for PC resolutions rather than to specally make TV ones.

However many more displays now are using true 16:9 panels.

DVB Cornwall · 16-04-2005, 16:17

Bought this one

http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLVL23M1S

which is true 16:9 and goes with the Topfield very well.

13-04-2005, 20:52	#1
DVB Cornwall Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,930	16:9 or 15:9 LCD TV's I am a little confused - My Tv went pop tonight and am looking online at alternatives. I have looked at a http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLV30HR3B and it shows the aspect ratio as 15:9 rather than 16:9 and it appears to be correct. So what happens to a 16:9 picture when presented does it chop off some of the top and bottom of the screen? Yours, Confused of Cornwall.

13-04-2005, 20:59	#2
ntlhellworld Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,649	Quote: Originally Posted by DVB Cornwall I am a little confused - My Tv went pop tonight and am looking online at alternatives. I have looked at a http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLV30HR3B and it shows the aspect ratio as 15:9 rather than 16:9 and it appears to be correct. So what happens to a 16:9 picture when presented does it chop off some of the top and bottom of the screen? Yours, Confused of Cornwall. 15:9 screens are just a way of the manufacture saving money, the tv will squish a 16:9 picture into a 15:9 frame, so the picture will look horribly compressed, or the other menthod that manufactures are using is lossing a sliver of both sides of the screen!. My advice - avoid 15:9 at all costs. Content is filmed in 16:9, so watch it on a 16:9 screen!!!, even if if dose cost abit more. -Chris

14-04-2005, 02:01	#3
Jim Rae Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayrshire Posts: 4,125	The Sony is a very elegant widescreen TV - and it's a good one. It has a resolution of 1280 by 768 which is not at all bad...

14-04-2005, 09:20	#4
GaryB Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Albans Posts: 4,088	Many early LCDs used 15:9 displays as these were the first available. They were originally used in widescreen computer displays where for some reason 15:9 was used. Most of those sets don't use any internal correction for the fact that the display is 15:9 instead of 16:9, indeed some of them even mention 16:9 in their on-screen menus. This means that the pictures can be slightly squashed as ntlhellworld mentioned above.

15-04-2005, 19:23	#5
freneticvirus Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: glasgow Posts: 850	then you have the newer 16:10 ratio lcd monitors that are being classed as the normal. it's just all gone wrong.

15-04-2005, 20:39	#6
meltcity Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,770	Not to mention the 1280 x 1024 LCDs that are classed as 4:3 when they are in fact 5:4 - if you set your graphics card to any other resolution you get a squished picture.

15-04-2005, 20:44	#7
Lyris Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 600	I have the smaller model of that Sony TV - the KLV26HG2. It is an excellent display, but sadly not DVI/HDMI/HDCP compatible so don't buy it with SKY HDTV in mind. But yes, it's a 15:9 screen. It doesn't squash the picture - it clips the sides. The reason we get these odd ratios for screens, I think, is something to do with the fact that manufacturers find it easier to take panels designed for PC resolutions rather than to specally make TV ones. However many more displays now are using true 16:9 panels.

16-04-2005, 16:17	#8
DVB Cornwall Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,930	Bought this one http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...tsku=KLVL23M1S which is true 16:9 and goes with the Topfield very well.

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