You’ve got that new screen unpacked , plugged in , you pop in your favorite movie and the movie has black bars on the top and bottom. And you you thought you had a widescreen. Well you do, but a lot of movies are even wider.
The biggest complaint most people have is that they still have that annoying wasted screen space when they are watching movies. (Check out this Family Guy video demonstrating the issue – content warning for those of you who have not watched Family Guy before – it’s mildly offensive.)
Home theaters have enjoyed this extra wide format called 2.35:1 for a while using Panamorph lens and adjusting the projector encoding. This year at CES Vizio revealed plans for tvs that will be in this new wide format. It will be available in the 50- 58″ size range. The sets like many others will have internet apps also. We’ll see if others follow…..
