Why have a 4:3 screen for a 16:9 front video projector? Because you can zoom in to make 4:3 material B-I-G, that’s why. Here are a couple of photos of the Panasonic PT-AX200U picture, zoomed in to fill the screen, taken from the couch. The image is about 75 inches diagonal. This Superman TV show is on DVD…
… and this spectacular image of Paulette Goddard’s breathtaking face is from a FiOS recording of “Modern Times.”
Ha! Yes, indeed it was free! However, being a tripod screen, it would be easy to scroll it out only enough to provide a 16:9 surface, which I thought about doing, but don’t. In fact, Epson has a nifty screen that expands at the sides so it can be adjusted for either 16:9 or 4:3 viewing.
I thought the reason for the 4:3 screen was that it was free 😉