Yep, check those aspect ratios.

Posted by Aroc (A) on October 15, 2002 at 09:05:49

In Reply to: Re: When is 16:9 not 16:9 ? posted by Hornlover on October 15, 2002 at 08:16:46:

Actually I wanted to buy a 16:9 screen since most of what I watch is DVD content. But even with that most of my DVDs are 2.35:1 not 1.85:1. So i'd still have letter boxing, as you observed even with a 16:9 set. So ideally I'dd really need a set capabile of at least 2.35:1 native. So I just settled on a big 4:3 set (36inch) rather than a more expensive 16:9 set (16:9). The image size in comparable on either.

Also I think some movies are shot in even 2.76:1 (or is that 2.8something?) like Superman II and Ben Hur. That would yield some extreme letterboxing.

So yeah, I think even a 16:9 set isn't really enough.

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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)

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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)

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