Thread: Aspect ratios of widescreen movies on TV, DVD etc.
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Old 06-01-2005, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson
One thing that does annoy me is DVD's that use letterbox instead of anamorphic widescreen
Anamorphic widesreen is also coded letterboxed on the DVD, but yes it is of higher quality.

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Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson
I know true widescreen is 1.77:1 and TV's are 1.85:1
It's the other way around.

Thank you for the rest. Could you tell me aynthing about how British TV channels broadcast movies?, Pan&Scan, letterboxed or does it happen that you get to see a movie in scope?
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