[Warrior668]

Philips is going to release a 56 inch 21:9 LCD TV in spring 09.


Can´t post the Link.........




So: www. cinematicviewingexperience .com

 

[Eternal_Sunshine]

Looks bad-ass:

More information (in German):
http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/a...s_3844758.html


Resolution is 2560 x 1080.

 

[webly12]

the resolution is gonna kill it but will films look blurry??

 

[CAVX]

Why would they? Scalling pending on course, but when we use an anamorphic lens to optically expand our images for CIH, we scale the images first to fill the 1920 x 1080 panel (actual program starts out as 1920 x 810) and the images are sharp. So veritical scaling works. It will be interesting to see how it goes on the horizontal...


Mark

 

[hconwell]

I would buy this in a blink.

 

[VTPete]

Uggg.... glossy bezel. Will someone explain to me why glossy is so hip right now?

Oh, wait, there's a 21:9 lcd there! WOW!!! I didn't notice it at first because of the gloss and back lighting.


Seriously, I'm totally psyched about it!

 

[Carled]

It's definately going to be a niche product, but I think it's a good idea.

 

[syncguy]

How blackbar-subtitles are managed in this? Sony, WB and BDA should wakeup.

 

[Lonely Raven]



Quote:
Originally Posted by syncguy /forum/post/15548309


How blackbar-subtitles are managed in this? Sony, WB and BDA should wakeup.

Fly in the Ointment, no?

 

[scarabaeus]

Can someone explain to me why this ominous "21:9" is popping up left and right, when it is in fact 64:27 (as evident by the 2560x1080 resolution)?


That would be the logical extension of the existing video aspect ratios anyhow, we have 4:3, 4*4 : 3*3 (or, 16:9) and now 4*4*4 : 3*3*3.


21:9 would be either 2560x1097 or 2520x1080...


Other that that: Great innovation! Please make this into a plasma or OLED as well, I don't like LCD.

 

[Erik Garci]



Quote:
Originally Posted by scarabaeus /forum/post/15552378


Can someone explain to me why this ominous "21:9" is popping up left and right, when it is in fact 64:27 (as evident by the 2560x1080 resolution)?

My guess is that 21:9 is easier to compare to the usual 16:9. That is, 21 is wider than 16, given the same height of 9. Also, instead of writing 21.33, it is rounded to 21. In other words, 21:9 is a nominal value, not an exact value.

 

[scarabaeus]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Erik Garci /forum/post/15552635


My guess is that 21:9 is easier to compare to the usual 16:9. That is, 21 is wider than 16, given the same height of 9.

That almost makes sense. By the same logic, they should start referring to 4:3 TVs as "12:9". Oh well, marketing speak.

 

[Erik Garci]



Quote:
Originally Posted by scarabaeus /forum/post/15553163


That almost makes sense. By the same logic, they should start referring to 4:3 TVs as "12:9". Oh well, marketing speak.

4:3 would become 16:12. It's taller than 16:9, more like IMAX.

 

[ifeliciano]



Quote:
Originally Posted by scarabaeus /forum/post/15552378


Can someone explain to me why this ominous "21:9" is popping up left and right, when it is in fact 64:27 (as evident by the 2560x1080 resolution)?


That would be the logical extension of the existing video aspect ratios anyhow, we have 4:3, 4*4 : 3*3 (or, 16:9) and now 4*4*4 : 3*3*3.


21:9 would be either 2560x1097 or 2520x1080...


Other that that: Great innovation! Please make this into a plasma or OLED as well, I don't like LCD.

2560x1080 is close to 2.37:1 which is close enough to 2.35:1 which is close enough to 21:9..

Very nice:

 

[sage11x]

Hey! How about we just finish the math and call it a 7:3!!! Apparently phillips is worried their customers don't understand ratios? Maybe 7:3 sounds too much like 4:3?

 

[Carled]

How about 1⅓³:1?

Nice picture, ifeliciano.

 

[racer59]

No way this works for mass market consumer. Too many people complain now about 4:3 aspect ratio on 16:9 sets due to the bars on the the sides.

 

[theredsea]



Quote:
Originally Posted by sage11x /forum/post/15559296


Hey! How about we just finish the math and call it a 7:3!!! Apparently phillips is worried their customers don't understand ratios? Maybe 7:3 sounds too much like 4:3?

my thoughts exactly

 

[creemail]

This looks amazing!

Press Release


Chris

 

[creemail]

All I can is wow! For an MSRP of $4,276 it can be somewhat pricey, but "No Black Bars" is a nice feature!

Philips' 56-inch Cinema 21:9 HDTV gets showcased on video


Chris