Del Boy
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 20, 2016 22:30:23 GMT
Well if they get it to the same standard as the Pros it will be worth the wait. And GC my Telly has a natty little converter to rid the black bars you love Ya joking! del tell me more! surely not Yep, get yourself a Panasonic Get Carter, it has an aspect ratio feature on it called 4:3 full which zoom in with minimal cut off to rid the dreaded bars.. Comes in handy for watching TOTP repeats on BBC Four HD too. Bronson enjoy your dvd's and if there's any good finds let us know.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 21, 2016 23:06:15 GMT
Ya joking! del tell me more! surely not Yep, get yourself a Panasonic Get Carter, it has an aspect ratio feature on it called 4:3 full which zoom in with minimal cut off to rid the dreaded bars.. What a great and easy way to instantly lose a full 25% of the picture!
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 22, 2016 6:28:29 GMT
I dont mind watching 4:3 aspects with bars. This Panasonic has two modes for 4:3 aspects, 4:3 Just and 4:3 Full. Full seems to stretch it a bit too rather than Just which as you say just zooms in losing more picture. The amount you lose in Full seems minimal so it's very watchable.
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Post by The Saint on Apr 22, 2016 8:16:17 GMT
Can't you watch it in proper 4:3 on the Panasonic Del? I am with Sam on this one, I wouldn't want to lose any of the picture.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 22, 2016 22:17:32 GMT
I have a Panasonic and the whole picture in 4:3 is far preferable to either a cropped or stretched image.
If you're really enjoying what you're watching then you shouldn't be noticing the black bars.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 25, 2016 23:15:53 GMT
Thought I'd mention an edition of World In Action from the 70's I watched a few days ago that puts today's jobs into perspective. Not sure if such schemes still exist but one film looked at the practice of companies working in conjuction with local authorities using mentally and/or physically handicapped and mentally ill people as workers. The workers would typically be housed in local community centres ( doubling as a cheap storage warehouse for the companies ) performing often mind numbingly tedious tasks for ridiculously low 'wages' ( as the people were on disability benefit they were only allowed up to £7 per week ). One task shown in the film was so unbelievably mindless that you'd think it had been devised as a form of torture- checking drawing pins individually by hand for faulty tips- this job was given to mentally ill workers & the pay rate was described as 17 pence for 1,000 pins checked! The film is on youtube if you want to see it.
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