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Posted by Jeff Rife on 04/02/06 03:44
Jay G. ("Jay G." <"Jay "@tmbg.org>) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> The term "anamorphic widescreen" is used only by The Digital Bits itself.
> The technical grid the site shows from the studio itself describes the
> film's video as "1080p High Definition 16x9 2.4:1". The inclusion of 16x9
> in the description seems to be what's throwing digital bits off.
OK, no surprise that somebody got confused.
> However,
> WB may simply mean that the video is 16x9, with a 2.4:1 image letterboxed
> inside it.
I still think the HD specs missed the boat by not allowing the video to
be encoded in *any* aspect ratio and requiring a player to be able to
create black bars on the fly for output to both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect
ratios.
Sure, it's not gonna save a *lot* of disc space, but it would allow a few
nice things, like moving the movie up (or down), easier zooming/cropping
(for those dummies who absolutely have to have the screen filled) or output
to completely abitrary resolutions if the player wanted to do so.
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