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Thread ID: 83368	2007-09-29 06:15:00	LCD TV	wotz (335)	PC World Chat

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596202	2007-09-29 06:15:00	I've been looking at these for a while, and Mrs Wotz is finally coming around. However, I'm wondering about freeview - are the tv's likely to add freeview tuners any time soon? Given that there is currently freeview supplied by satellite, and terrestrial will be added later, using a different decoder, Im thinking built in tuners won't happen. Does anyone know anything?	wotz (335)
596203	2007-09-29 06:31:00	I heard that sony were going to be releasing LCD's with digital tuners in them in 2009. But I can't confirm this. I imagine that they all will have digital tuners in them one day maybe within the next 5 years.	radium (8645)
596204	2007-09-29 06:37:00	This doesn't apply to NZ but its worh a read Check it out. tv.about.com	radium (8645)
596205	2007-09-29 07:50:00	I heard that sony were going to be releasing LCD's with digital tuners in them in 2009. But I can't confirm this. I imagine that they all will have digital tuners in them one day maybe within the next 5 years.That sounds about right. Only France uses H.264 for terrestrial broadcasts at the moment. Sony sells models with built-in digital tuners there, but given the fact tech companies seem to think they can sell off their old models in New Zealand at higher prices than the newer models they sell in other countries (at least that was the case this time last year, and I doubt it has changed since then), I wouldn't get my hopes up that it will be in the next year, so 2009 sounds about right.	maccrazy (6741)
596206	2007-09-29 08:13:00	Terrestrial digital broadcasts have been available in the UK for a number of years. As have LCDs with in-built digital tuners. However, I'm not sure if the same broadcast format is used. I think the UK may use MPEG-2 for 576i transmissions, whereas NZ will use MPEG-4. Otherwise I would have been looking at getting someone to bring me over a cheap set-top box from the UK ready for DVB-T. Seems a shame to have to wait until 2009.	legod (4626)
596207	2007-09-30 00:28:00	I have just been staying with a freind who has a huge LCD screen, one of the drawbacks is that it stretches the image horozontally and makes everyone look fat!! It is really offputting to have spend so much money and not get an accurate image.	noname (12875)
596208	2007-09-30 00:44:00	I have just been staying with a freind who has a huge LCD screen, one of the drawbacks is that it stretches the image horozontally and makes everyone look fat!! It is really offputting to have spend so much money and not get an accurate image. They have the TV set to the wrong aspect ratio.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
596209	2007-09-30 06:05:00	I have just been staying with a freind who has a huge LCD screen, one of the drawbacks is that it stretches the image horozontally and makes everyone look fat!! It is really offputting to have spend so much money and not get an accurate image.There are two ways in which television programs are broadcast. The old format is 4:3 (standard), the new format is 16:9 (wide). Widescreen televisions are 16:9, which means that DVDs or new content broadcast on Freeview will fit perfectly, but old content or content broadcast on anologue will either need to be stretched to fit the screen or put black bars down the sides (the opposite to when you used to watch widescreen on a standard aspect television). Take a look in the manual for more information.	maccrazy (6741)
596210	2007-09-30 06:30:00	They have the TV set to the wrong aspect ratio. I would think that new wide screen tv's nowadays would have a button whereby the screen is shrunk to get the correct sizing (if the broadcast is not in widescreen to begin with). Correct?	Morpheus1 (186)
596211	2007-09-30 06:44:00	They do. Normally there are four options: 4:3 with black bars on sides, stretched to 16:9, zoomed so picture fits width but the top and bottom are cut off, and finally, an option that combines the last two, so it is stretched, but not too much (it also stretches the edges of the image more than the center), and a little of the top and bottom are cut off.	maccrazy (6741)
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