High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewCinema 21:9 Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/cinema-219/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Perhaps Wider Isn’t Always Better https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/toshiba-21x9-ultrabook-laptop/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/toshiba-21x9-ultrabook-laptop/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:00:13 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=36060 Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a proponent of Constant Image Height display in my home theater. Just last week, I posted about an interesting new technology that could improve the resolution of Blu-ray discs to benefit CIH projection. However, even I have to concede that the aesthetic advantages of a Cinemascope-shaped screen...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/consumer-reports-tv-reviews/feed/ 13 What Do You Mean, “Not Available in America”? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/philips-cinema-21x9-3d/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/philips-cinema-21x9-3d/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:01 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=6072 For a while now, I’ve made a point of highlighting the advantages of 2.35:1 Constant Image Height display in my weekly HD Advisor column here at High-Def Digest. I project onto a 2.35:1 screen in my own home theater. While I’m happy as a projector user, I’ve also kept my eye on the Philips “Cinema...

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