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Will you help me find out where I can get a 4:3 ratio flat screen TV?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46811points) February 16th, 2011

I know I sound all cool with the “4:3 ratio,” but it’s something I just learned. 4:3 is the “square” TV that we’ve been used to until the advent of the flat screen TV’s that are much longer than they are tall…yes, like a movie screen. THOSE are designed for film that is shot in 16:9 ratio (think of a 4×3 and 16×9-inch cake pan, for comparison) However, 99% of the video of TV broadcasts is sent out in 4:3 ratio, and that’s why, if you have a long flat screen, you have black bands around the edge, and if you reset it so there are no black bands, the pictures, and people, are all stretched out like in a house of mirrors as it tries to force it to 16:9. For some reason, some people think that the TV doesn’t count if it doesn’t fill the whole screen, so they go for the “stretch” distortion mode and pretend like that’s OK….and…..I’m having a hard time handling that. SO, I’ve been told that they make a 4:3 ratio flat screen TV, and I want to find one. But I’m having a hard time finding one.

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