I just experienced this for the first time and I switched from 16:9 ratio to Panoramic and that seems to have done the trick. Still going to research why I cannot watch in 16:9 though.
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In Your maxent Tv there are two boards that have fuses on them. try replacing the Fuses. this worked for me.
Plasma panels give off image by using certain gases inside special cells and LCD panels give off image by modulating liquid crystals
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Plasma screen TVs use certain cells that release a special type of gas to produce the image on the screen. LCD TVs give off the image by using the light modulating properties of liquid crystals (LC; LCD is short for "Liquid Crystal Display.")
LCD TV is better because plasma TVs use certain gas cells to produce the image and the TV can make the room feel like a furnace in just a few minutes, depending on the surroundings. LCD TVs take forever to get that hot.
Many are aware that if you leave a static image for a prolonged period on a plasma TV, you may risk phosphor burn-in. The result is that once you remove the static image, you would still be able to see a faint outline, or ghosting of the original image, even when you change the picture content. LCD TVs do not suffer from burn-in, yet surprising as it may seem, they still suffer from image retention when a static or semi-static image is left displayed on the screen for too long. The intensity of image retention depends on various factors, not just the duration the static image remains displayed on the screen. Issues such as image makeup, operating temperature, and the LCD panel brand itself, should also be factored in.
The difference between plasma and lcd TV is the type of material that is used to project the image. LCD has a good image but plasma has a better image. The only problem with plasma is that there is a greater chance of burning an image into the screen from overuse. LCD screens emit no light of their own, they need to be back lit by flourescent tubes or White LED's. They are cheaper to make, reasonably robust and lighter than a Plasma. Plasma screens are expensive, delicate, heavy, run hot, use lots of power, made of glass and emit their own light via the plasma trapped in individual cells. Plasma's used to have the better light output and definition, but LCD technology is fast catching up.
At the time of writing in 2012, LED televisions are in fact, LCD television with LED back lighting. Conventional LCD televisions use cold cathode fluorescent tubes as a back light. Apart from the lighting source, the televisions share the same technology and produce an image in the same. True LED televisions are about to reach the market in 2012 or 2013. They use LEDs to directly create an image and do not relay on liquid crystal shutters to generate images. They have the potential to be far slimmer than LCD televisions as well as offering higher contrast ratios.
We all know that LCD TV is superior to a normal TV. Thus, it becomes very easy to compare between the 2s. LCD TV is amazingly slim then a normal TV, it can easily be transferred anywhere, has more advanced features then the latter one. It is faster than a normal TV and provides more clear & sharp image than the latter one. There're lots of comparing points which you can browse from internet.
An LCD TV is exactly an LCD screen with fluorescent lighting shining through it. Without the light, you could see very little on the screen. An LED TV is exactly an LCD screen with LEDs behind the LCD screen shining through it. The LED lighting gives more even color and brightness on all pixels, and results in a sharper image with more 'pop'.