Posted by Jeff Rife on 10/21/05 16:34

(normanstrong@comcast.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> It may be necessary to letterbox a movie in order to see the entire frame,
> but it isn't a good thing. I've never seen a letterboxed picture in a movie
> theater.

You haven't been to many theaters, then.

There are quite a few that have 1.85:1 screens only, and 2.35:1 movies
have black bars at the top and bottom.

Of course, you may have theaters that just let the extra width of a 2.35:1
movie fall onto the curtains at the side of a 1.85:1 screen. I know I have
seen this at some screens. If you say this is preferable to letterboxing,
you're an idiot.

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