What Size Widescreen Is Equal To My 4:3 45" ?

[Ron]

What size widescreen TV do I need to equal my 4:3 45" Mitsubishi?

[Thomas Tornblom]

BigELilE@webtv.net (Ron) writes:

> What size widescreen TV do I need to equal my 4:3 45" Mitsubishi?
>

It depends on what you mean by "equal".

For the same width (36") you need about 42" diagonal.
For the same height (27") you need about 55" diagonal.

Thomas

[Neill Massello]

Ron <BigELilE@webtv.net> wrote:

> What size widescreen TV do I need to equal my 4:3 45" Mitsubishi?

For the same area, a 16:9 screen's diagonal measurement should be 1.06
times that of a 4:3.

[Dennis Mayer]

Ron wrote:
>
> What size widescreen TV do I need to equal my 4:3 45" Mitsubishi?


Looks like Tom T gave the answers.... Here is a Tabulated Detail

from TKSolver Software...........

Screen Aspect
Diag In. Ratio Width In. Height In.

45.0 4:3 36.0 27.0
55.1 16:9 48.0 27.0
41.3 16.9 36.0 20.2

45.0 16:9 39.2 22.0
33.7 16:9 29.4 16.5
36.8 4:3 29.4 22.0

[cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net]

BigELilE@webtv.net (Ron) wrote:
> What size widescreen TV do I need to equal my 4:3 45" Mitsubishi?

Check this website. It has a calculator.
http://www.cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi

Chip

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[Ron]

Thanks, Tom and Dennis.

That is exactly what I needed to know.

If/when I decide to buy a W/S, I don't want to lose my current 4:3
picture size.

Even though most TV programs are still 4:3 and the ones that aren't have
the "small" black bars (Enterprise, Stargate SG-1 etc) some of these
DVD's with the "big" black bars drive me nuts! I cannot stand watching a
movie that is only utilizing about 1/3 of my screen.