Craig Birkmaier wrote: > > > You STILL don't get it. 16:9 is a DISPLAY aspect > > > ratio. It may well dominate in the future. > > > > Which is exactly what the Grand Alliance was talking > > about, Craig. > > NO BERT, I don't get your twisted logic. > > The Grand Alliance and ATSC have absolutely NO control > over display aspect ratios. Table three lists the > constraints on source aspect ratio that are permissible > in the ATSC standard. And the FCC chose to remove > Table 3 from the standard. > > CE manufacturers are the ones who have control over > display aspect ratio. As often, I think you're making a distinction where there is no difference. The Grand Alliance's original 1994 Table 3 only included 1280 X 720 and 1920 X 1080, square pixels. Therefore, the CE manufacturers would naturally have gone to that aspect ratio. Or risk losing their customers to a more clever competitor. The second point is that any idiot knows that TV producers can create any number of windows they desire within the confines of their frame, not to mention black bars. They've been doing so forever, and there was never any attempt to change this. Ergo, to pretend that the Grand Alliance was mandating that each window be 16:9, or that black bars should be banned, is just plain nonsense. They were simply trying to get to a rational display aspect ratio standard. So bottom line, there is no practical difference here. CRTs are on their way out. Matrix displays are definitely going 16:9. As I mentioned already, you hardly see any other aspect ratio for TV displays in Japan these days. > Sorry, but widescreen DOES, and will continue to come > with a cost premium. Go to the stores and look around > Bert. Only if you think in the short term. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.