Posted by Rich Clark on 04/23/07 15:16

On Apr 23, 9:39 am, "def456" <def...@none.none> wrote:
> A lot of movies now come out on DVD in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, width to height,
> so called anamorphic. That causes a large black area at the top and bottom
> of the screen and poor picture quality with ordinary 4:3 TVs, and also
> significant black bands at the top/bottom with the newer 16:9 widescreen
> TVs. Since nobody has TVs to view 2.35:1 properly, why do they produce it?

Because that's how the movies were made.

There's a strategy for dealing with this: don't look at the black
bars. Look at the picture.

R

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