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Posted by Derek Janssen on 04/23/07 16:13
Rich Clark wrote:
> On Apr 23, 9:39 am, "def456" <def...@none.none> wrote:
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>>A lot of movies now come out on DVD in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, width to height,
>>so called anamorphic. That causes a large black area at the top and bottom
>>of the screen and poor picture quality with ordinary 4:3 TVs, and also
>>significant black bands at the top/bottom with the newer 16:9 widescreen
>>TVs. Since nobody has TVs to view 2.35:1 properly, why do they produce it?
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> Because that's how the movies were made.
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> There's a strategy for dealing with this: don't look at the black
> bars. Look at the picture.
Or turn off your lights, and watch the "black bars" disappear.
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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