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wnickles
Hi all,
Am new to this entire home projector thing and am just learning about it. My question is,
if the projector states that the aspect ratio is widescreen (15:9) does that mean I have to get a
(15':9) projection screen. Can I still use it with a 4:3 screen? Will it not work properly or would the picture on a 4:3 be messed up? Thanks ahead for any responses.
Quasi_Mojo
Yes, you can view 15:9 on a 4:3 screen. You'll just have the normal black letterbox bars at the top and bottom of the screen. This can be compared to watching a widescreen movie on a regular 4:3 TV or computer monitor.

If you're talking about the eVo projector, you can use a 15:9 screen and when viewing 4:3 movies/programs, you will then see the screen pillar boxing - black bars on the left and right of the screen with no black bars at the top and bottom.

Letterbox:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterbox

Pillar box:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_box_%28film%29
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