This, I think a common problem in standardization though, I would like to share my thoughts on aspect ratio of today's TV's.
While in the era of conventional tube TV's I had been going through quite a number of advertisements of different manufactures listing the image quality of their TV. Before the arrival of LCD's they've done loads of research on increasing the over image clarity, sharpness, color rendering and provided comparison to other brands. LG offered golden eye meantime, SONY has their on techniques claimed increased quality.
Let us go through the television evolution:
1. Very old TV's of 90's used a screen which was not at all flat.
cons: Minimal viewing angle, curved screen, glare.
2. FFST(Full Flat Square tube)
pros: Flat screen, better viewing angle, minimized glare.
3: LCD/LED wide with 16:9 HD ready
Best for HD broadcasts and HD movies
4. LCD/LED square with 4:3 aspect ratio
Best for conventional analog/digital television 4:3 broadcasts and movies
Which one do you prefer? Also we can see that 3rd category is more common nowadays.
In my case I'm using a tv mostly for watching standard analog/digital broadcasts with 4:3 ratio. The problem is that in a widescreen HD TV, the images has lost it's actual aspect ratio!
Even if in future all channels starts broadcasting in HD format then how will they manage older format videos and movies?
You get what I mean here?, we are talking lot about image quality of a television, then how about a 'super clear' image which has lost it's original aspect ratio?
While in the era of conventional tube TV's I had been going through quite a number of advertisements of different manufactures listing the image quality of their TV. Before the arrival of LCD's they've done loads of research on increasing the over image clarity, sharpness, color rendering and provided comparison to other brands. LG offered golden eye meantime, SONY has their on techniques claimed increased quality.
Let us go through the television evolution:
1. Very old TV's of 90's used a screen which was not at all flat.
cons: Minimal viewing angle, curved screen, glare.
2. FFST(Full Flat Square tube)
pros: Flat screen, better viewing angle, minimized glare.
3: LCD/LED wide with 16:9 HD ready
Best for HD broadcasts and HD movies
4. LCD/LED square with 4:3 aspect ratio
Best for conventional analog/digital television 4:3 broadcasts and movies
Which one do you prefer? Also we can see that 3rd category is more common nowadays.
In my case I'm using a tv mostly for watching standard analog/digital broadcasts with 4:3 ratio. The problem is that in a widescreen HD TV, the images has lost it's actual aspect ratio!
Even if in future all channels starts broadcasting in HD format then how will they manage older format videos and movies?
You get what I mean here?, we are talking lot about image quality of a television, then how about a 'super clear' image which has lost it's original aspect ratio?