<![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> or get some electrical tape and shove it on the top and bottom of the lens to cover up the black bars... total cost? $.09... that's a savings of $5999.91!!!!

zarchitect

]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> wot a freaking rip off, these lense 'makers' are screwing everyone I tell you!... DOn't buy one...

I made mine from 2 x $40 prism lenses, boxing from aluminium and angles, no more than $200...

%2000 markup... I don't think so...

check diyaudio for DIY 2.35 lense system.

stevodude

]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> John,

A no brainer would be to have a standard... say 16:9 or 2.35:1 sticking to it, and abandoning the rest.
From Cinematographers, to HD media content providers, to players, to displays, to projectors and TV's.

There... wouldn't that be easier? One format?

aec007

]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> This is completely different than what a scalar does. This actually takes the light output of the projector (at 16:9 or 4:3, let's say) and optically stretches it to another aspect ratio such as the mentioned 2.35:1. Thus you get the full number of pixels your projector can produce output in whatever physical format you need. It goes almost without saying that you also need an image scalar behind the scenes to preprocess the image so it looks right after the optical distortion.

I have really wondered why there hasn't been more (or any?) projectors that have this sort of thing built in from the start. The optics to change aspect ratio really aren't that difficult. Simply having a single projector that can do 4:3 and 16:9 would be a no-brainer and add marginally to the cost.

John Laur

]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> I see no point in buying one of these...

Every self-respecting high-end setup should have a dedicated scaler. The scaler will not only let you use up every pixel you're capable of displaying but will also do other tricks in order to enhance the overall output quality.

stan_i_am

]]> <![CDATA[SIM2 Cinema Flex System Gives You True Cinemascope Pix, No Pixels Wasted]]> I've used a similar setup with a Sanyo projector and lens. It works really well until you need to change aspect ratios. Then it is bit cludgy.

Stumies

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