The thing about tv's is how they measure them. it goes from one corner to the diagonal across from it on a 45 degrees. That is why some wide screens make thing look squat.
At 07:40 PM 7/26/2009, you wrote: > > >thanks; did your 40 equal your old 27 when squared? >Thanks > >On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, Max Robinson wrote: > > > It's like the difference between a cinemascope movie and a regular movie. > > There is more shown on the sides. Also, they can show a cinemascope movie > > without chopping off the sides. We went from a 26 inch tube to a 40 inch > > flat screen. > > > > Regards. > > > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > > > Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>[email protected] > > > > Transistor site > <http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net > > Vacuum tube site: <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net > > Music site: <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > > > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Spiro" <<mailto:spiro%40iamspiro.com>[email protected]> > > To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] 32 inch flat screen question > > > > > >> okay, I'll tell her this. But as the flat screen is shorter than her > >> previous XBR, doing that gives her what she says looks like a 25 inch when > >> she bought the 32 inch to have a slightly biger TVthan the 27. > >> So I'm wondering if it is then rule of thumb to tell people to buy a 40 to > >> equal a 27 till all is said and done. > >> Beating a dead horse maybe. > >> Also, does the wide screen in HD fix the width stretch problem, if so how? > >> Does it just show more back ground wider vista or something? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Max Robinson wrote: > >> > >>> I didn't know that tube types had a different aspect ratio from flat > >>> screens. Maybe they weren't able to make tubes as wide as they wanted. > >>> On > >>> my TV as you press the picture size button it cycles through the screen > >>> types. While viewing a standard definition program, not a commercial, > >>> set > >>> it to the one that gives the picture that is smallest in width but fills > >>> the > >>> screen vertically. Many commercials have been produced in HD but aren't > >>> being transmitted in HD. They will not fill the screen vertically but > >>> don't > >>> worry about that, it will last only as long as the commercials. When an > >>> HD > >>> program is being received the set will automatically change to wide > >>> screen > >>> mode and then change back if you switch to a standard definition channel > >>> or > >>> the station switches to SD. > >>> > >>> Regards. > >>> > >>> Max. K 4 O D S. > >>> > >>> Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>[email protected] > >>> > >>> Transistor site > <http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >>> Vacuum tube site: > <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net > >>> Music site: <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >>> > >>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >>> > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Spiro" <<mailto:spiro%40iamspiro.com>[email protected]> > >>> To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:21 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] 32 inch flat screen question > >>> > >>> > >>>> my sony XBR is about 18 high and about 21 wide. > >>>> Her 32 seems a great deal wider and really kind of short. > >>>> What does HD do with that side space? > >>>> and to compensate for "fat butts" and "big noses" does one have to go 2 > >>>> sizes up and then use the "squaring function" to actually get a slightly > >>>> but perportional picture? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Max Robinson wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> The only time that extra screen on the sides is used is when the > >>>>> program > >>>>> is > >>>>> being broadcast in high definition, HD. HD is a subset of digital so > >>>>> all > >>>>> digital broadcasts aren't HD. It should be true, as with the change > >>>>> over > >>>>> from black and white to color, that more and more programs will be > >>>>> broadcast > >>>>> in HD. Until then some will be wide screen and some will be the same > >>>>> aspect > >>>>> ratio as old analog TV. All sets are like this whether tube or flat > >>>>> screen. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards. > >>>>> > >>>>> Max. K 4 O D S. > >>>>> > >>>>> Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>[email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> Transistor site > <http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >>>>> Vacuum tube site: > <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net > >>>>> Music site: > <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >>>>> > >>>>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >>>>> > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Spiro" <<mailto:spiro%40iamspiro.com>[email protected]> > >>>>> To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:00 PM > >>>>> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] 32 inch flat screen question > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I have a Sony XBR, tube TV. > >>>>>> So did my Mom as we bought the last 2 and saved money. > >>>>>> Hers died, and after the second repair she decided to go flat screen. > >>>>>> She has a 32 inch, compared to the 27 inch tube unit. > >>>>>> They are shaped oddly, they are wide, and short. Tubes seemed about > >>>>>> square. > >>>>>> She is complaining that all the people have big asses, big noses and > >>>>>> look > >>>>>> squat. > >>>>>> She says when she makes the "correction" that it's like watching a 24 > >>>>>> inch. > >>>>>> Are all the new flat screens like this? > >>>>>> Is it that in order to get a bigger picture, you have to go to that > >>>>>> correction selection and to compensate for the "squaring" you have to > >>>>>> go > >>>>>> 2 > >>>>>> sizes up in screen? > >>>>>> What are the benefits of being "wide"? is it for sports field? > >>>>>> Is it to make the 40% of U.S. people who are overweight, feel like > >>>>>> they > >>>>>> are in a greater majority? 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