Watchnig film on widescreen and 16:9 standard size tv. What is the difference ?

Question

Hello,

I bought 32AV505D - Regza AV Series. In specifications I can see: Screen format: 16:9 Panel resolution: 1366x768

Is that mean this is widescreen tv or normal ? I will have black bars on top and bootom ? Quaity will be the same ?

Answer 1

16:9 does mean wide screen.  The 1366x768 means the display has 1366 pixels on each line and 768 lines.  This is a wide screen 720p HDTV.

The black bars you describe are a function of how the video was produced before it got to you.  If the video or film was not produced to fit an HD screen, yes you will occasionally see the black bars.  This is normal.

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Answer 2

16:9 is a width to height ratio of 1.78 (roughly the same as 1366x768).

Lots of movies use a much higher aspect ratio than that. For example, "No Country for Old Men" uses a "wide-screen anamorphic" ratio of 2.35 . So you'd still see "black bars" (which are just unutilized space) on the top and bottom of the screen.

TV had to make a compromise between accommodating movies and normal TV fare and settled on the 16:9 aspect ratio. But even the 16:9 format makes much better use of screen real estate than the old 4:3 ratio.