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paulc · 11-03-2006, 01:37 PM

Funny, now that I've had a HD set for 6 months, I'm actually appreciating the "widescreen" aspect as much as the additional resolution.

ESPECIALLY on DVDs. When I moved from SD to HD, I wanted the relative size of things to stay the same, so I matched the vertical height of my SD to my HD (32" SD to 40" HD). The first DVD I put in blew me away. The vertical height wasn't crushed near as much as the sides had "room" to expand/fill. Found a site that did calculations about sizing, accommodating both 4:3 and 16:9 displays, they said the DVD image was something like 80% bigger; my seat of the pants says that was quite true. So, HD aside, I think you'll like how your crappy old low resolution SD DVDs look like on a HD display!

11-03-2006, 01:37 PM	#73
paulc Very Grizzled Vet of 1 yr Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,764	Funny, now that I've had a HD set for 6 months, I'm actually appreciating the "widescreen" aspect as much as the additional resolution. ESPECIALLY on DVDs. When I moved from SD to HD, I wanted the relative size of things to stay the same, so I matched the vertical height of my SD to my HD (32" SD to 40" HD). The first DVD I put in blew me away. The vertical height wasn't crushed near as much as the sides had "room" to expand/fill. Found a site that did calculations about sizing, accommodating both 4:3 and 16:9 displays, they said the DVD image was something like 80% bigger; my seat of the pants says that was quite true. So, HD aside, I think you'll like how your crappy old low resolution SD DVDs look like on a HD display!