Posted by Jack on 03/24/06 06:34

"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in news:gqGUf.9577
$k75.5095@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> "Jack" <jack@jack.com> wrote in message
> news:1143133730_1781@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
>>I just rented "2010: The Year We Make Contact," which was billed as a
>>2-
>> sided DVD with 4:3 (pan & scan) or widescreen options.
>
> The 2010 DVD is non-anamorphic letterbox. Read this:
>
> http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/welcome.html

Good piece; I do understand the concept. It just seems odd not to offer a
sci-fi special effects movie in true widescreen. I didn't read the fine
print. BTW, the author of that article underestimated HD-DVD's public
release by 4+ years. He ironically thought it would take until after 2010.

Jack

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