no, she's referring to windowboxing - Joe Murphy Jr - Video Asylum

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no, she's referring to windowboxing

Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: black bars explained posted by cdb on May 20, 2012 at 14:57:12:

windowboxing

She said:
"So the broadcast is a 16.9 content, the station broadcasts it into the inside of the standard shadowed off 4:3 screen area, and thus leaving bars above and below the picture.
Yeah Zoom can 'fix it.. But what for?".

Please explain how zooming, a feature which usually cuts off/crops a picture, can restore picture information that's missing in the first place. (Hint: it can't)

Missing credit information (on the sides of the frame) is usually due to the original picture being zoomed and that "reframed" image recorded for future playback.

Below is a link to the wiki page on letterboxing (aka black bars). Scroll down a bit past 1/2 way and read the section titled "Pillarboxing and windowboxing". Windowboxing is the technical term for the explanation that I provided in my response.

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Topic - Why do so many TV channels stick a letterbox pic into bars top/bottom/ both sides?? - Elizabeth 00:07:54 05/20/12 (10)

RE: Why do so many TV channels stick a letterbox pic into bars top/bottom/ both sides?? - Ben Van Dyk 06:21:44 05/21/12 (0)

black bars explained - Joe Murphy Jr 09:31:52 05/20/12 (8)

RE: black bars explained - Hornlover 08:25:53 05/21/12 (5)

agree - Joe Murphy Jr 14:14:22 05/21/12 (3)

Most new TVs already have that - jedrider 15:40:36 05/21/12 (2)

dedicated video processors are usually better - Joe Murphy Jr 17:05:37 05/21/12 (1)

RE: dedicated video processors are usually better - Rod H. 18:47:55 05/21/12 (0)

Why it bothers some people and not others?? - jedrider 10:54:56 05/21/12 (0)

RE: black bars explained - cdb 14:57:12 05/20/12 (1)

no, she's referring to windowboxing - Joe Murphy Jr 15:38:55 05/20/12 (0)

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no, she's referring to windowboxing - Joe Murphy Jr 15:38:55 05/20/12 (0)

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