Posted by Otter on 09/28/05 12:13

On 27 Sep 2005 20:12:11 -0700, "Trauts" <nedrahtrauts@gmail.com>
wrote:

>a 16:9 television.
>DVD produced as "widescreen"
>that movie plays, however, in letterbox.

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. Just because it's
widescreen doesn't mean it's 16:9. It could be in a wider aspect
ratio such as 2.35:1.

Spider-Man is 16:9 thus fills the entire screen.
Spider-Man 2 was shot wider, in 2.35:1 (box says 2.40:1 incidently).
This will cause black bars on the top and bottom.

Windowboxing occurs when a DVD is not anamorphic, that is black bars
on the top and bottom AND sides.

-Otter

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