Can someone here explain to me how did 1080i be display on an lcd with native 1366x768 (normally on 32 inch) which its vertical pixel is less then 1080 pixel???

what i confuse is the lcd native is smaller than the interlaced 1080i... how come?

Philips premieres the ultimate home cinematic viewing experience with the Cinema 21:9 LCD TV

Philips breaks new ground in the realm of home entertainment with the world’s first cinema-proportioned LCD television. Cinema 21:9 lets you enjoy movies as you would in the cinema and just as the director intended. Cinema 21:9 boasts a 56” screen that is shaped in the 21:9 aspect ratio, so movies in the 2.39:1 format completely fill the screen – exactly as you experience at the cinema. Complimentary three-sided Ambilight Spectra combines with the on-screen action to completely immerse you in the movie and deliver the ultimate home cinematic viewing experience.



Traditional LCD televisions compromise on this experience by distorting the picture to fill the screen – losing the full scope of the original shot – or by displaying the picture in letterbox format with black bars at the top and bottom. Cinema 21:9 solves these issues to give the viewer an uncompromised and absorbing cinematic viewing experience, never before available in the home.

Using highly advanced formatting technology, regular 16:9 content from sources such as TV broadcasts and games consoles is also adapted to fill the 21:9 screen.

Des Power, Senior Vice President Marketing Television, Philips Consumer Lifestyle, commented: “With our unique Cinema 21:9 we have developed a television which takes you as close to the experience that you enjoy at the cinema as you can get without buying a ticket. We believe that to really become absorbed in watching a film at home consumers are looking for a real cinematic viewing experience, so we have launched the world’s first cinema-proportioned TV screen perfectly complemented by our immersive Ambilight technology.”

He added, “Philips new Cinema 21:9 takes enjoying movies at home to an entirely new level, the advantages over a traditional 16:9 ratio screen in side by side comparisons are truly striking.”

The Cinema 21:9 LCD TV will be available in spring 2009. More detailed product specifications will follow at the end of February 2009.

Because Wii's max resolution is is 480p, meaning 4:3 ratio, yet some of their games force you play in 16:9 ratio

for TVs that support Motionflow/Motion Plus/Natural Motion or etc... do you guys turn it on during gaming?

I brought a 32LG53FR from Jaya Jusco last 2 days ago for RM2299.. Originally priced at RM2499 but Jusco card holders get RM200 discount.. Very satisfied with this LCD TV.. Just hope that Astro will have a High Definition channels soon..

xxboxx, what 'viewable' resolution do you think the Wii is putting out on a forced 16:9 game like RE4? Are we losing 120 horizontal lines of details if such games are played on a 4:3 TV?

All Wii games must support 4x3. Additionally, some percentage of Wii games support outputting an anamorphic widescreen (16x9) signal.

If one tells the Wii that one is using a 4x3 display, and one puts one's 16x9 display in 4x3 mode (with black or grey bars on the side), everything will appear correct at all times. If one tells the Wii that one is using a 16x9 display, and one puts one's 16x9 display in 16x9 mode, everything will appear correct for games which support 16x9 mode. For games which only support 4x3 mode, everything will be stretched horizontally, appearing "too fat".

There is no automatic aspect ratio selection or adjustment, so Wii owners using the Wii in 16x9 mode must manually tell the TV to use 4x3 or 16x9 mode depending on the capabilities of the game being played if they object to aspect ratio distortion.