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In Reply to: DVD Format Questions - 16:9 Layouts ?................. posted by Cut-Throat on December 17, 2004 at 15:08:07:
There are about 3 different widescreen formats.
16 x 9 (i.e., 1.78 x 1) was derived as the square of 1.33 (4 x 3)
and was arrived at by video people who did not consult Hollywood, which,
as you know, uses primarily two formats, Panavision 2.35 x 1 and
Academy Flat 1.85 x 1. The cinematographers did bitch about 16 x 9 but
it was too little and too late. So now, when watching films on a wide screen
display device NOTHING fits, as you point out: 4 x 3 has side bars,
1.85 is lopped off, and 2.35 has black bars.GTF
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Follow Ups
- Simple - GTF 17:30:50 12/17/04 (9)
- Do you think that the short term future of TVs is............ - Cut-Throat 18:21:04 12/17/04 (8)
- Re: Do you think that the short term future of TVs is............ - rico 06:53:30 12/18/04 (0)
- This is it - get used to it... - Harmonia 22:39:25 12/17/04 (2)
- thank god.............................. - Cut-Throat 07:13:59 12/19/04 (1)
- ouch... - Harmonia 12:05:29 12/19/04 (0)
- 16:9 - GTF 18:52:57 12/17/04 (3)
- Huh? - Joe Murphy Jr 22:16:42 12/17/04 (2)
- The problem is with the fixed pixel models. - GTF 19:35:02 12/18/04 (1)
- Under $10k? That's easy! - Joe Murphy Jr 22:14:42 12/18/04 (0)
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