Hi, the local Circuit City had Star Wars Episode I
on a 42" Hitachi 16:9 widescreen flat panel display.
The film was being shown in widescreen format, and
it did not look cropped at all on the top or
bottom, but it also did not fill the whole screen-there was definitely a letterbox effect on the
top and bottom of the screen, despite it being a
16:9 screen.Can someone explain this? Wouldn't this be bad for
the display over time? The only time I've seen
16:9 widescreens filled, the picture looks vertically
stretched.
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Topic - When is 16:9 not 16:9 ? - kyzyltuva 07:29:20 10/15/02 (13)
- Re: When is 16:9 not 16:9 ? - ZwickSAN 08:38:57 10/21/02 (0)
- 16:9 is always 16:9 - Hamronia 09:56:36 10/15/02 (7)
- So whats the aspect ratio of 70mm? - kyzyltuva 07:28:26 10/24/02 (0)
- Ack! Correction Re: 16:9 is always 16:9 - Harmonia 12:31:52 10/15/02 (5)
- Re: Ack! Correction Re: 16:9 is always 16:9 - kyzyltuva 07:26:31 10/24/02 (0)
- Some movies (Ben-Hur comes to mind) were almost 3:1 - Auricle 13:10:00 10/17/02 (3)
- Remember Cinerama? - Harmonia 22:01:32 10/17/02 (2)
- Re: Remember Cinerama? - Hornlover 07:21:19 10/18/02 (1)
- If you're ever near Dayton, Ohio.. - Harmonia 23:23:32 10/18/02 (0)
- Re: When is 16:9 not 16:9 ? - Hornlover 08:16:46 10/15/02 (3)
- Yep, check those aspect ratios. - Aroc 09:05:49 10/15/02 (2)
- But it's the best we got. - Harmonia 09:39:51 10/15/02 (1)
- or you could just turn off the lights ... - Aroc 18:23:19 10/15/02 (0)