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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    I'll be back in a few. I've got to drop some long chocolate in the bathroom.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    Looks kinda interesting still.
    But seriously, why can't they get someone who KNOWS how to make a review to do the whole thing?

    The guy has a good voice and all, but he speaks as if he was making the review trying not to wake up someone.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    Long Chocolate. It's the name you want to touch. But you cannot touch. It sounds good in your ear!
     Reply
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    Image of Stevox Stevox
    08/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Is that a reference to the bathroom stall scene in Scary Movie?
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Stevox was starred Stevox was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/18/09

    @Stevox: Actually, it's a reference to The Simpsons (Homer changes his name to Max Power)
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    When he watches the video at the end, it's got letter-boxed black bands on the left and right because very few videos are THAT wide. Some anamorphic movies I suppose. I like the long size, it makes for good mouth-to-microphone ergodynamics, but everyone really is going after the iPhone-style UI these days.
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    Image of ColonelGentleman ColonelGentleman
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    I thought the pinch was a patented Apple thing? Am I wrong or is this going to be a legal issue for LG?
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    Bandit promoted this comment ColonelGentleman was starred ColonelGentleman was unstarred
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    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    I really hope "Long Chocolate" isn't the actual product name. It's, um, well...
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    anexanhume aka Flintheart Glomgold promoted this comment Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
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    08/18/09

    @Segador: That's just a phallusy, you know that right?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/18/09

    In reply to The LG BL40 "Long Chocolate" Looks Kind Of Ridiculous In Real Life
    iPhone Nano!
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    Image of TheWerewolf - Sotto voce TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
    07/30/09

    In reply to First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don't Surprise, Still Stun
    Obviously a rip off of the iPhone and the iPod Nano! It has icons! AND THEY'RE IN A GRID! ON THE FIRST PAGE! :)

    Seriously though, that's rather nice looking - I wonder what the many apps look like on that screen.
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    07/30/09

    In reply to First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don't Surprise, Still Stun
    Gotta hand it to them, that definitely looks like a chocolate bar.
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    07/30/09

    In reply to First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don't Surprise, Still Stun
    Why is the phone icons tilted like that? WTF!!?
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    07/30/09

    @TallDudeFromBrazil: It's a style. Looks rather rakish, actually.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/30/09

    In reply to First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don't Surprise, Still Stun
    Long phone is loooooooooooooonnnnnnngggggggg....
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    07/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:

    It's big, wide, long, black, and vibrates...huh...
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/30/09

    @seizurelitezrfun: Let's not forget it's a phone too. Otherwise, you might as well me describing me....minus the vibrating.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    07/30/09

    In reply to First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don't Surprise, Still Stun
    It's pretty and everything, but it just seems like it would be peeking over the top of my pocket. :-\
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    Image of Tony Bostony Tony Bostony
    07/30/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com:

    It is actually not much (minuscule) longer than an iphone, G1 or Sidekick... though much thinner, obviously.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    07/30/09

    @Tony Bostony: Yes, but my coochie cutters have shallow pockets. ^_-
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    07/30/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: oh, wow-- that is definitely being added to the daily vocabulary.
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    Image of James Belcher James Belcher
    07/01/09

    In reply to Philips Cinema 21:9 TV Will Cost $7400
    "The Philips 56PFL9954H Cinema 21:9 uses the same aspect ratio of most movies out there."


    I'm not sure this is true. I'd bet there are more movies in 1.85:1 than 2.39:1 (or 2.35:1). Either way, unless you watched movies shot exclusively in that aspect ratio, you'd still have black bars pretty often. So Philips wants a 3x premium for not solving a problem. Am I missing something?

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    James Belcher was starred James Belcher was unstarred
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    07/01/09

    @James Belcher: No, you're not missing anything. Gizmodo is wrong, most movies are not "scope" ratio. Big budget blow-shit-up movies are often 2.35:1 but they are outnumbered by all the other genres which are more often in the 1.85:1 neighborhood. Many films made outside the U.S. are 1.66:1. And let's not forget the classics that are "academy ratio" 1.37:1 and all the television shows that are 1.33:1.


    A 21:9 screen is a bad idea, because while it pretty much eliminates the black bars on top and bottom of a 2.35:1 movie, it requires black bars on the sides of everything that is not as wide. It is a fortunate coincidence that 16:9 is very close to 1.85:1 as well as being close to halfway between 2.35:1 and 1.33:1, which makes it a good compromise for viewing all ratios.


    Furthermore, Blu-ray doesn't have "anamorphic 21:9" akin to the way DVD does 16:9. A 2.35:1 movie on Blu-ray has vertical resolution of about 800 pixels and the rest of the 1080 is black bars, and there is NOTHING this 21:9 monitor can do to improve that.

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    07/01/09

    @WB: While it may be true that 21:9 is only the main aspect ratio for blow shit up movies, those are the types of movies that people buy HDTVs for and the movies where immersion is a big deal. Most people don't buy an HDTV to watch chick flicks and they are not the type of movie where having black bars is as big of a deal.


    Yes, it is true that this TV does nothing about blu-ray movies not having anamorphic widescreen for 21:9 like DVD has for 16:9, but the article states that.

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    07/01/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: No, most people buy HDTVs to watch anything and everything, not just blow-shit-up movies. More people tuned in to see the finale of American Idol than bought tickets to see Transformers 2 last weekend.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    07/02/09

    @WB: Yes, people will watch everything on their HDTV. However, you don't know how many people watched American Idol in HD, watching a show on TV is not equal to going to see a movie, and I'm sure the majority of whatever people did watch American Idol in HD did not buy their HDTV so they can see American Idol in HD. They probably bought it to see other things in HD but watch whatever other things they watch in HD if it's available in HD.
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    ceilingFANBOY was starred ceilingFANBOY was unstarred
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    07/01/09

    In reply to Philips Cinema 21:9 TV Will Cost $7400
    Now, if only we could work on getting anamorphic widescreen on blu-ray titles we would be set.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    In reply to Philips Cinema 21:9 TV Will Cost $7400
    Dear Economy,


    I heard you were in a bit of a spot, but I was unable to take your messages as I was out with the R&D department for a while; you understand. Well, I regret being unable to accommodate, but I can refer you to some of Best Buy's 19" examples. I hope this helps.


    Love,


    Philips Cinema 21:9.


    xoxoxoxox

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