http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/ Engadget Comments for Philips 56-inch 21:9 3D TV's future is so bright we had to wear shades http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
If it does, though, I'll be more than happy to buy the cheaper non-3D version until the tech doesn't cost me an extra limb.]]>Sep 3rd 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
I'm kidding, of course. I'm not sure how I feel about 3d as well. I still haven't seen a 3d movie in theaters though (at least not in the past 5 years).
]]>Sep 3rd 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Waiting, but not holding my breath, and it's obviously not just engadget(blogsmith), many commentboxes either go overboard with options or have none at all, perhaps mozilla should help out with that too?
Anyway joking as if HTML5 is common might not be the best choice. ]]>Sep 3rd 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
I'm going to skip the 3D thing and just wait for holodecks.]]>Sep 3rd 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image) :

"The most common aspect ratios used today in the presentation of films in movie theaters are 1.85:1 and 2.39:1"

Further down

"Wider ratios such as 1.85:1 and 2.40:1[1] are accommodated within the 16:9 DVD frame by additional black bars within the image itself"

This would be why, say, Lord of the Rings has a huge black bar on the top and bottom of my display (which is 16:9).
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Except for about a million feature films. Divide 21 by 9 and you get 2.33.

2.33:1 - look familiar? That is nearly the exact aspect ratio of films shot in anamorphic/scope, which is 2.39:1 (but still often referred to as 2.35:1. older standards and such, you know how it goes. kinda like how classic film shooters still use ASA instead of ISO. but I digress). The other film standard is 1.85:1 (non-anamorphic/flat), which is pretty close to 1.78:1 - which you may more commonly know as 16:9.

a 21:9 format television is fantastic, but it's Philips' fault for complicating the ratios in an attempt to simplify them. Oh well. ]]>Sep 3rd 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 8th 2009 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
Also, I thought they had perfected the whole "3D without glasses" thing years ago?]]>Sep 3rd 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
It's shutter glasses or some newer technology, none of this half asses cheap 3D crap.]]>Sep 3rd 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
So, when exactly was the LAST time we put a man on the moon? And how much does it STILL cost to even get personnel into orbit, after 40 years of experience at it? They have problems with FOAM that falls off and damages the heat shielding?!?

Why do we STILL not have manned missions to Mars? We should have had a self-sufficient COLONY on the moon twenty years ago, not just this little station in our own orbit. Which is decaying because it's not even kept up properly, much less being advanced.

Politicians are more concerned with "global warming" - which isn't even happening, according to actual science - and "lowest-common-denominator" healthcare (Britain policy refuses 65+ people cancer treatment or any access to hospital intensive care; Canada "emergency room" 4-hour wait times let people die rather than get treated).

They might ought to be more concerned with getting us somewhere else should something serious actually happen here. What would we do if a large meteor came at us (like the movies like to predict)? Watch it hit us? We can't go anywhere else, and we don't have any defenses, antimatter-based or otherwise sufficient for a large target, or even delivery systems capable of hitting something like that.]]>Sep 3rd 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 3rd 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/
So even on a 16.9 screen (1.77) a flat movie should have a LITTLE letter boxing, but they usually don't.

A 21.9 screen would pretty much display a scope movie perfectly, but a flat movie would have pillarboxes (black on the sides).

Perhaps this TV is in response to people who might buy an HDTV and still complain some movies are letterboxed? That's unavoidable if you're preserving aspect ratio.

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Most (if not all) of the prints and DIs are made 2.40 regardless if they were shot Arri or Panavision.

So anamorphic is really 2.40]]>Sep 3rd 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/philips-56-inch-21-9-3d-tvs-futures-so-bright-we-had-to-wear/Sep 4th 2009 12:10AM