TV talk-- 21:9? 4K?

[Evan]

21:9 TVs anyone? Seems like they'd be cool, more useful for games or movies rather than this 4K nonsense that nothing can even drive yet. I'm just waiting for a reasonably priced 42-47" model to come out, but I wonder if the format will catch on. I just bought a 25" one for my computer 'cause it was cheap.

21:9 doesnt do much for me personally, but I can see how if you get it big enough it would be a nice cinematic experience (TWSS).
To me Im just like, why chop off the top and bottom, just get a regular 16:9 TV just as wide.
(and for computers, i like 16:10!)

4k Im totally bought into. I bought a 4K tv about a year ago that Ive been using as a monitor and the detail is nothing short of amazing. Not goign to do a ton for you if you get a 46" and sit 20 feet away but a nice big screen sitting at THX distances with good native source material and its every bit as noticable improvement as going from SD to HD

Can anyone tell me why TVs don't auto power on/off with signal (or have the option to do so) like a computer monitor does? At least, the ones I've seen don't. Tell me if yours does so I can buy it from you. Pressing a "power" button is kind of silly when driving one with a computer

I think the HDMI spec has something like that in it that isnt used much.
For example, the chromecast will turn your tv on and set the input when you stream something to it.

TV cant really turn itself off automatically since it doesnt know if you left the room or youre just binge watching gilmore girls again.
would be cool if kinect did that though by seeing if youre there or not