Posted by Harkness on 12/03/06 16:51

Sean O'Hara wrote:
> In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful telenovels declared:
> >
> > The movie has a "wide" 1.85 or 2.35 to 1 ratio. The TV has a 1.33 to 1
> > ratio. Therefore the movie doesn't properly fit inside the screen.
> >
>
> The standard widescreen TV aspect ratio is 1.77:1. If a 1.85:1 or
> 2:35:1 movie fits without blackbars, your set has serious overscan
> problems.

Well, if your 1,77 TV shows 1.85 movies without letterboxing, then your
overscan is just about 1%, which isn't really serious.

John Harkness

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