Posted by The Man With No Name on 10/23/05 18:32

"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in message
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> "Rob" <rowens@earth.net.au> wrote in message
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>> There is no doubt that the recently released 2-disc Anniversary Edition
>> of
>> "Apollo 13" in R1 is mine with the following features:
>> 1) Commentary with Jim and Marilyn Lovell
>> 2) Director's commentary with Ron Howard
>> 3) All new digitally remastered picture
>>
>> ...and other features that I haven't had time to observe yet. Outstanding
>> release!!
>>
>> My only question about this title regards the IMAX version of the film on
>> disc 2. This version is touted on the cover as 1.66:1 aspect ratio
>> (Standard for IMAX) in anamorphic widescreen, yet my Hi-Def TV will only
>> display it as 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. Is the cover mislabelled?
>
> It's 1.66:1 pillarboxed into the center of a 16:9 frame. If your TV has
> overscan, it may be hiding the small black bars on the sides.
>

Yes, I've noticed the same on The Lion King and Criterion's Richard III
But, here's the wierd thing, I've tried zooming in and then moving to the
side of the picture to see the (now enlarged) pillars, but they don't seem
to be there.
Watched Lion King on the computer, and it definitely is 1.66 with the
pillars on the side, but I wonder why the TV won't show them, even zoomed.

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