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newy:
With MPC it would have black bars
billlanam:
With widescreen anime you quite often have different display heights (they add black bars to the encoded anime video when the height is smaller than the 16:9), so you will end up with black bars anyway, I rarely have a widescreen anime fill the screen exactly. So if the 16:10 is cheaper or better value, get it.
iindigo:
--- Quote from: billlanam on March 05, 2010, 07:12:52 AM ---With widescreen anime you quite often have different display heights (they add black bars to the encoded anime video when the height is smaller than the 16:9), so you will end up with black bars anyway, I rarely have a widescreen anime fill the screen exactly. So if the 16:10 is cheaper or better value, get it.
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Really? I've had a 16:9 display for over a month now (27" iMac) and all the widescreen anime I've played back completely fills the screen. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw black-bar'd widescreen anime (aside from stuff on YouTube).
As for 16:9 vs. 16:10, my previous computer was 16:10 and I have to say I don't miss the extra 200 pixels or so of extra vertical space (2560x1400 vs. 2560x1600). It takes a little bit of adjusting, but it's really not bad. In fact, 16:10 displays feel a little odd now, and I find myself asking why they even make 4:3 displays anymore :P
fohfoh:
If you're upgrading from 4:3 wouldn't either 16:9 or 16:10 seem like the knowledge of the gods? Either works, you probably wouldn't know a difference unless you compared the two side to side.
lapa321:
Got a screenie of a 1080p movie to illustrate how thick the bars are when resized to fit
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