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Hi

love the mag and all the info i get from it.

I notice that when you show new tv's and do reviews that the screen always shows a movie in mid play,

how come there are never any black bars top and bottom?? I have a Toshiba HD E1 for HD and a pc for Blu-ray and always get the bars unless the movie is filmed in other than 2.35 which seems the norm these days.

I find loosing 2" top and bottom a waste of a screen although i am now used to seeing the movies I have "as the director intended " !

Camera trickery ? or a secret way of viewing ?

Bc.

Because it's all but impossible to photograph a TV well with a real image on the screen, the pictures from movies or TV shows are 'stripped in' onto the screen at the page design stage. I think just about every picture you'll ever see of a TV set is done this way.

Andrew

thanks  for the reply, your answer was as i suspected, but i live in hope that one day we will not waste a good tv and rid ourselves of the black bars !

[quote user="briinthesky"]i live in hope that one day we will not waste a good tv and rid ourselves of the black bars ![/quote]

Only when they start making movies in the same format as the screens, not the more usual 1.85:1 or 2.35:1

 

Indeed. You'll find we usually say in the reviews what movies we used as test material.

timwileman:

maybe its an idea for a competition :-)

You're a bit obsessed with competitions, aren't you?

timwileman:

i think quantum of solice was used in one issue recently.

Any excuse for Daniel Craig to feature
 

Clare Newsome:

timwileman:

i think quantum of solice was used in one issue recently.

Any excuse for Daniel Craig to feature
 

Andrew Everard:

Indeed. You'll find we usually say in the reviews what movies we used as test material.

 

fast eddie:

Yes, i had noticed, but you never know what nice perks you guys get :)

Well, there's the chance to chat to all you lovely people on t'interweb all day and night, and...

No, actually that's about it.

Andrew Everard:

fast eddie:

Yes, i had noticed, but you never know what nice perks you guys get :)

Well, there's the chance to chat to all you lovely people on t'interweb all day and night, and...

No, actually that's about it.