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Posted by jonnydepp on 10/22/05 01:23
You wouldn't by chance be from America would you?
Yes?
'Nuff said!
<normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SL6dnffs79nHksTeRVn-qQ@comcast.com...
> 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. I'd certainly ask for my money back if a movie were to be
> presented that way. Apparently theater owners agree with me, since they
> always fill the screen, regardless of what difference there might be
between
> the aspect ratio of the screen and that of the film.
>
> When I watch a 2.35:1 letterboxed picture on my 4:3 television I'm acutely
> aware of the arbitrary cut in the vertical direction. When you see a head
> cut off that clearly could have been shown in its entirety you have a
> slightly unpleasant reaction. At least I do.
>
> Norm Strong
>
>
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