Vizio 21:9 Concept

CES 2011

By Scott Wilkinson • Posted: Jan 9, 2010

About a year ago, Philips introduced an LCD TV with an aspect ratio of 21:9 (2.33:1), but it was never made available in the US. Now, Vizio is working on the same idea as demonstrated by this concept piece. It measures 58 inches diagonally with a pixel resolution of 2560x1080, perfect for displaying movies without the hated letterbox bars. The prototype uses CCFL backlighting, but the final version could use LEDs. I was told it could become an actual product by the third quarter of this year and that it would be "Vizio priced."

Comments

Submitted by Steve in Manitoba on January 10, 2010 - 6:57am.

Curious, why not 2.35:1 or 2.40:1. Seems most movies are released in either of these ratios. Thus playing them on this set still gives you black bars, albeit small ones. I understand that you can't match all the ratios but going to 2.40:1 would make more sense, to me anyway.

Submitted by BreitBlicker on February 24, 2010 - 3:56am.

21:9 is a simplification in order to better show the difference to 16:9 (1,78:1). The ratio of all previous widescreen-"cinema"-televisions (2 Philips and this Vizio) is ´2,37:1 what exactly between 2,35:1 (old Cinemascope and like other European Technovision) and 2,39:1 (todays Panavision) is:).