They are making a mistake if they tout these things as HDTV's, as the aspect ratio is wrong. These are 16x10 resolutions, not 16x9, meaning that you will always have black bars and scaling. Why are widescreen monitors 16x10, anyway? You'd think that 16x9 would be the standard for both, to keep things simplish between the two.
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They are making a mistake if they tout these things as HDTV's, as the aspect ratio is wrong. These are 16x10 resolutions, not 16x9, meaning that you will always have black bars and scaling. Why are widescreen monitors 16x10, anyway? You'd think that 16x9 would be the standard for both, to keep things simplish between the two.