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2023 BMW 7 Series previewed at CES with 31-inch screen inside
The interior at least. The big takeaway is the massive 31-inch top-folding theater screen, and the door handle-mounted control screens.. The 7 Series itself is hidden in a box with only the doors being exposed.
I don't get it. For one, no movies or videos are made for that aspect ratio, so they won't use the whole screen or they will be stretched/distorted.
Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing. The aspect ratio for a movie would never fill the screen and if it did it would require the movie to be stretched to the point where everyone would look like 4ft fat people.
Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing. The aspect ratio for a movie would never fill the screen and if it did it would require the movie to be stretched to the point where everyone would look like 4ft fat people.
Yep, exactly. That footage shown at the show was edited to display in that ratio. The Sienna or the Odyssey, I don't remember which had a wide screen like that which you could display two different movies on, or one stretched and the one stretched looked awful. And the two movies, why would you want to watch your movie while also seeing their movie right next to it? Wouldn't you rather just have a nice screen in front of you that was all yours?
More tech for tech's sake that makes no actual sense.
I don't get it. For one, no movies or videos are made for that aspect ratio, so they won't use the whole screen or they will be stretched/distorted.
The parts of the screen that aren't used display other parts of the infotainment for each passenger. I would still take individual screens over this and can't imagine why anyone would want it since they can't even sit in the center like the minivans and CUV's we usually see these sort of screens in.
i expect that wide screen will be able to play 2 different movies at once, side by side for the left/right viewers. maybe it will even have a 'privacy' option filter so viewers on left can't see the movie on the right and vice versa.
...along with displays embedded in the headrests for individual movies. Can just display the same movie on both screens if both passengers want to watch it.
Can't imagine why I'd want to watch something off-angle with my head tilted. It appears to be an IPS, given the black levels... can you say GLOW?