What Aspect Ratio is your TV?

[Narflex]

What's the aspect ratio of the TV you use primarily for viewing?

[Crashless]

I had to vote 4:3 only because that's all I have - it's not what I want.

[ToxMox]

Ditto on what Crashless said.

[mdmint]

When we got our Toshiba 55" a few years back physical space was at a premium. We went the widest that would fit and decided 4:3 figuring when watching 4:3 content picture would be bigger and 16:9 the same as if went 16:9 unit same physical width.

[salsbst]

Primary TV: 4x3, @ 1776x1000i. This is a non-square pixel arrangement. So:

• SageTV UI is squished (which I don't mind, I actually like it horizontally squished b/c the fonts don't take up as much room);
• SageTV-presented-images are squished -- this is a little annoying;
• WRS images, b/c they're prescaled for AR correction via WRS config, look fantastic

We have two secondary TVs that are good old fashioned 4x3 @ 480i.

If you didn't catch my hint above, I think the possibility to correct for non-square pixels (in the core) would be a great feature. However, I undertand that the non-square-pixel peeps are a minority within a minority, so I'm not holding my breath. The only reason I implemented it in WRS was because our primary display has it, not out of the goodness of my heart.

Bottom line, I'm abstaining because I don't want to skew results with a non-square-pixel data point. It would be nice if the core could implement a correction factor for non-square pixels, but I certainly wouldn't put it at the top of your list .

[Morgan111]

32" Sony Aquos LCD on the family set (fantastic display)
and two other clients with 15 and 17" LCD monitors

[JasonJoel]

Should have been an option for BOTH.

I spend almost exactly 50% of my viewing time on a 4:3, and 50% on a 16:9...

Although the more I do HD recordings, the more I watch on 16:9. Not necessarily because I casre about the HD quality per se, but because I only have an MVP client on my SD TV and can't watch them at all....

Now if Sage releases an HD capable Extender, I'll be back to 50%/50%...

Jason

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by Narflex

What's the aspect ratio of the TV you use primarily for viewing?

Where's the 2.35:1 option

[nielm]

16:9 TV, running Sage at 1280x720 using PAL Svideo-out for recording PAL SDTV... Yep lots of video scaling going on there, but it actually looks better than a ???x576 display resolution!

Currently have to switch between 4 AR's in Sage:

• Source (100%x100%) for DVDs and 'square pixel' AVIs
• FILL (100%x100%) for 16x9 anamorphic recordings (some channels, and some AVI's)
• 4x3 (100%x100%) for 4x3 recordings
• 16x9 (133%x100%) for 16x9 letterboxed (the AR zoom settings expand and crop the black bars).

This is a bit of a pain!

But... I am in the progress of writing an auto AR switching plugin that switches AR based on various criteria (file type, channel, program name etc)

[Lucas]

Both 4x3 29inch SDTV and 16x9 Projector.


Nielm, your upcoming plugin will be well received I think!

[JasonJoel]

OH BOY, would THAT be useful!

Jason

Originally Posted by nielm

But... I am in the progress of writing an auto AR switching plugin that switches AR based on various criteria (file type, channel, program name etc)

[Jesse]

What crash said. But hopefully not for much longer.....

Jesse

[Kanati]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Where's the 2.35:1 option

I was going to ask that myself... They are rare, but they are out there.

[aperry]

16:9 all the way, baby!

[cummings66]

16x9 on an Infocus SP4805 projector. Would never consider going back.

[insomniac]

4:3 until 50" LCD TV's are on the cheap!

[AWS]

I don't mean to hijack the thread but have been curious about this for a while. For those of you with projectors who use them as frequently as a normal CRT, how often do you need to replace your projector bulb?

I have a STD 4:3

[Hector]

16:9 Primary 1920x1080

4:3 secondary (in a bedroom).

peace . . .

[evilpenguin]

I currently have a 4:3 SDTV, but I'm saving for a 16:9 in the near future

[cummings66]

Originally Posted by AWS

I don't mean to hijack the thread but have been curious about this for a while. For those of you with projectors who use them as frequently as a normal CRT, how often do you need to replace your projector bulb?

It depends on how you use it as to how often you replace bulbs. Some PJ's go 3 or 4 thousand hours before replacement. If you turn it on and off like a normal TV you most likely won't make those hours. A bulb uses some of it's lifespan every time you strike it, so typically if you turn it on you'll leave it running a couple hours for movies and then you're done for several hours. I don't strike mine more than 3 times a day.

For my typical usage of around 1000 hours a year then it would be every few years give or take. I run a ND2 filter on mine to bring the light output down and around 1500 hours or so I'll remove it to get it back up to where it was. I use a light controlled environment for what it's worth.

A bulb will set you back around a few hundred dollars each time, but the pic will look as good as new in a DLP once you replace it, assuming your colorwheel is clean.