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    Quote Originally Posted by chris@panteg View Post
    Hi Mark

    I was thinking with that amazing 56 screen of your's ' lawrence of arabia ' would look fabulous and although many slate it ' Ryan's Daughter ' to me its just such a beautiful looking film , yes a small story set on a large canvas but still a work of art to me , Ireland's west coast and the way he tries to capture that magical light , brilliant .
    Hello Chris, my head is on straight now so i can reply at last

    Yes, i'd love to see Lawrence of Arabia (blu ray) on this TV or my projector tbh. I can't remember what the aspect ratio of the film was on DVD, but at a guess it'd probably be better on the TV if it's 2.35:1 or 2.40:1 as there would be no annoying black bars top & bottom. As well as that it'd scale it up a tad to 2560 x 1080 pixels & this does make a noticeable difference.

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    As for 2001 i think i ought to get a look at the blu ray again as i haven't played it since i purchased this TV & it'll be interesting to see how it looks now scaled up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant View Post
    Hello Chris, my head is on straight now so i can reply at last

    Yes, i'd love to see Lawrence of Arabia (blu ray) on this TV or my projector tbh. I can't remember what the aspect ratio of the film was on DVD, but at a guess it'd probably be better on the TV if it's 2.35:1 or 2.40:1 as there would be no annoying black bars top & bottom. As well as that it'd scale it up a tad to 2560 x 1080 pixels & this does make a noticeable difference.

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    Better on the TV then Martin
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    Quote Originally Posted by chris@panteg View Post
    Hi Alex

    Nice one ,what size screen you got .

    I bought 2001 on HDDVD a couple of years back for £4 but can only play it through my pc's BD/HDVD into a 26' just not big enough canvas to do it justice
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    My version is 1:2.20 if it's any help
    Yes it is 1:2.20 , that means black bars at the sides
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    Quote Originally Posted by chris@panteg View Post
    Yes it is 1:2.20 , that means black bars at the sides
    Actually no, on a standard widscreen TV (16/9) you'd get slightly smaller black bars top & bottom campared to 2.35:1 (by the way i think it should be the other way round IE 2.20:1).

    On mine it'll fill the screen & a small bit will be lopped off the top & bottom, not a big deal as i often watch 1.85:1 films scaled up & lose quite a bit more Again though it doesn't hardly ever make itself evident as virtually all the important stuff goes on nearer the centre of the screen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant View Post
    Actually no, on a standard widscreen TV (16/9) you'd get slightly smaller black bars top & bottom campared to 2.35:1 (by the way i think it should be the other way round IE 2.20:1).

    On mine it'll fill the screen & a small bit will be lopped off the top & bottom, not a big deal as i often watch 1.85:1 films scaled up & lose quite a bit more Again though it doesn't hardly ever make itself evident as virtually all the important stuff goes on nearer the centre of the screen
    Hi Andy

    Yes i know on my puny 32 incher there will be black bars ' top and bottom but for some reason i thought it would be at the sides with your panoramic screen ? does it zoom automatically then or can you watch in the original ratio .
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    I can watch it as it's delivered by the blu ray or DVD or i can scale it up. If i was to watch a standard 1.85:1 film that would fill (well just about as TVs are 1.77:1) a standard widescreen TV panel i'd get black bars left & right. In the case of a cinemascope picture like 2.35 or 2.40:1 pic it'd have black all the way around the picture.

    If i scale it up to 21/9 then a cinemascope pic fills the screen & it might crop a few lines depending on the actual aspect ratio. With a 2.20:1 picture i'd expect very thin black lines top & bottom.

    The answer is i can scale anything, i actually prefer to watch something like Avatar scaled up to fill the screen, yes i may lose a good bit from the top & bottom as it's a native 1.85:1 film, but it just looks better imo
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    Thanks Mark

    That must be some amazing TV , Richer sounds are doing the them for £999 at the moment , another thought ! what about Ben Hur shot in 2.66-1 , not many films shot in this ratio .
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