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<blockquote data-quote="fugjostle" data-source="post: 216356" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>I could bore you with lots of technical stuff but it all boils down to the fact that standard TV is in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (i.e. 1.33 times as wide as it was tall) and widescreen movies are in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (called Academy Flat) or 2.35:1 (Anamorphic Scope). Your TV has to cope with all the aspect ratio's and until digital TV is fully running shops won't stop selling TV's that cater for both ratios. So therefore, a widescreen movie won't fit vertically on the screen, hence black lines.</p><p></p><p>On the plus side, some DVD's are anamorphic and can expand the ratio with no quality loss to a full screen image but not all studios opt for an anamorphic transfer to DVD. Also, some TV's have a "Just Fit" option that expands the image for you... This comes with some picture quality loss but may help you get over the letterbox effect <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Just to complicate the matter, Anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies tend to remove the letterbox for you, whereas if the movie has a 2.35:1 ratio then your gonna get black lines wheither its anamorphic or not. i.e. Some peeps may watch widescreens films and have no lines... they are watching anamorphic 1.85:1 movies. Sometimes they may have small (1 or 2 inch lines) and this is when your watching an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie.</p><p></p><p>Confused? Hope this helps..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fugjostle, post: 216356, member: 151"] I could bore you with lots of technical stuff but it all boils down to the fact that standard TV is in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (i.e. 1.33 times as wide as it was tall) and widescreen movies are in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (called Academy Flat) or 2.35:1 (Anamorphic Scope). Your TV has to cope with all the aspect ratio's and until digital TV is fully running shops won't stop selling TV's that cater for both ratios. So therefore, a widescreen movie won't fit vertically on the screen, hence black lines. On the plus side, some DVD's are anamorphic and can expand the ratio with no quality loss to a full screen image but not all studios opt for an anamorphic transfer to DVD. Also, some TV's have a "Just Fit" option that expands the image for you... This comes with some picture quality loss but may help you get over the letterbox effect :) Just to complicate the matter, Anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies tend to remove the letterbox for you, whereas if the movie has a 2.35:1 ratio then your gonna get black lines wheither its anamorphic or not. i.e. Some peeps may watch widescreens films and have no lines... they are watching anamorphic 1.85:1 movies. Sometimes they may have small (1 or 2 inch lines) and this is when your watching an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie. Confused? Hope this helps.. [/QUOTE]
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