i guess it all just depends on your motivation. I want to be the best at everything i do so its just motivation for me.
Today I visited Costco and saw Pioneer 43" HDTV and Panasonic 42" EDTV side-by-side. I noticed that the Pioneer HDTV was showing less picture, that is, it was cutting picture from both sides. The Panasonic EDTV was showing more picture.
In one frame there were 4 persons on the screen on the Panasonic one and Pioneer was showing 3 and a half.
Is it some picture setting (zoom etc) that was not correctly set on the Pioneer one, or is my teory below true?
The Pioneer HDTV has a resolution of 1024 x 768, so that width-to-height ratio is 1024/768=1.33
Panasonic EDTV has a resolution of 852 x 480, so the width-to-height ratio is 852/480=1.77
That means we see 1.77-1.33=0.44 less in most HDTVs with resolution of 1024x768. And that is why I was seeing only 3 and half persons on the Pioneer model.
Most plasma HDTVs being sold today are not truely HDTV anyways. If my theory is true then I will just buy an EDTV and not bother with the more expensive HDTV for now.
Please let me know if you guys can shed any light on this topic.
Thanks.

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