Posted by Karyudo on 05/03/06 15:56

On 3 May 2006 03:11:19 -0700, cinemad@hotmail.com wrote:

>Is it possible to display a HD DVD or Blu-ray image in the "compressed"
>mode?

I really doubt it. HD formats are all 16:9, and to this point I've
never heard of any sort of anamorphic compression being used. All the
HD titles I have are square pixel -- even the 2.35:1 OAR titles. That
might just be because they're from cable/satellite, but I don't think
so (as I also have several 480p titles that *are* anamorphic).

>Will [using anamorphic lenses] be possuble with the new HD players?

Again, I doubt it. At least not for native HD material. I'd imagine an
anamorphic lens will still be great for DVD-sourced material, though.

>Somebody at www.projectorreviews.com indicated that the HD DVDs and
>Blu-Ray are encoded at 1280 x 780 rather than 1920x1080. Is this
>correct?

I believe encoding at that resolution is possible, but everything I've
read suggests it'll be 1080 on the majority of releases on both
formats.

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