Posted by dgates on 12/23/06 23:21

I recorded Rosemary's Baby off an HD movie channel the other night.
Before using this recording to introduce it to my girlfriend, I'm
wondering about the ratios.

My first thought, scanning a few scenes was "Hmm, does it look like
the left and right sides have been slightly lopped off?"

However, checking IMDB, it says that the ratio is 1.66 to 1 -- which
would be *narrower* than our 16x9 TV.

If that's the case, then how is this picture filling our 16x9 screen?
Is it being stretched? Are the top and bottoms being lopped off? Is
IMDB just wrong about the ratio?

Scanning a couple of DVD sites, I see them referring to the film (or
at least the DVD) as 1.85:1. Not Netflix, which lists it as 1.66:1,
but a couple other DVD sites.


Can anyone enlighten me? What will we be losing or gaining if we
watch this HD recording?


Thanks.

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