[ale] Widescreen TV vs Widescreen LCD

[jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 22:26 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Unless you like to watch DVD's in widescreen format the extra screen
> real estate is not worth the cost. There is _still_ nothing on TV worth
> watching. HDTV would be nice if the set had a way to automatically
> detect the (more frequent and more obnoxious) commercials and lower the
> volume automatically.
> 
> Do you REALLY want to watch 30+ reality-tv shows in widescreen HTDV?
> 
> <shudder>

Let me restate... I only want the widescreen for the occasional DVD.  I
seriously doubt that I watch any TV/cable program that is even available
in widescreen.  Higher definition could also be nice for the occasional
live-on-tv "breaking news" car chase, but my primary use would be DVD or
such.

-Jim P.