4:3 or 16:9 For Gaming? - Page 2  

I have the XBox, DVD and cablebox (all 16:9) feeding my Z2 projector.

I don't understand why one would rather watch these on a smaller 4:3 format.

Ed

Ed,

It would not be any smaller. The 4:3 frame would be larger, so you could watch much larger 4:3 content. When something is displayed in 16:9 using a 4:3 PJ, it is the same size as if it were displayed using a 16:9 PJ. The used resolution for the 16:9 image displayed by the 4:3 PJ is most likely less than a native 16:9 PJ though.

Uh, yeah. On my 36 inch Sony, the 4:3 image (Rainbow Six 3, Halo, etc.) looks awesome at 36 inches. Meanwhile, the widescreen games (PGR2, Links 2004, GTA3) all look good at right around 34 inches widescreen. And if I wanted to stay with a tube, the biggest I could get would be 34 inch widescreen, which only has a 27 inch 4:3 image. If I wanted that, I'd just watch everything on the 27 inch Toshiba I've got in the bedroom.

Mathematically, there's no way you could prove that I made the wrong decision in terms of ratio watched and available screen real-estate, especially when you factor in price. Of course, you have to make the assumption that you're limited to tubes.

http://www.cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi

In the meantime, If I was going to buy a projection, it'd be a 50 or 60 inch Grand Wega III, which is widescreen. At a size that large, the smaller 4:3 image becomes perceivedly less smaller that the widescreen, as it's still pretty damn big.

Without question I would buy a widescreen were I to buy a RPTV.