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What is 16x9 Letterbox?

I have a movie that says on the box is 16x9 Letterbox 1.85:1

When I watch it, I get the black bars on the top and bottom.
(Standard tv, not Hi Definition). Does this mean I purchased the
wrong version of this movie, or is there no way to view it full
screen? I thought all movies were viewable both ways.

That all movies was snaped in CinemaScope, VistaVision etc. movie formats.
It's nothing wrong.


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> What is 16x9 Letterbox?
>
> I have a movie that says on the box is 16x9 Letterbox 1.85:1
>
> When I watch it, I get the black bars on the top and bottom.
> (Standard tv, not Hi Definition). Does this mean I purchased the
> wrong version of this movie, or is there no way to view it full
> screen? I thought all movies were viewable both ways.
>
>
>

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> What is 16x9 Letterbox?
>
> I have a movie that says on the box is 16x9 Letterbox 1.85:1
>
> When I watch it, I get the black bars on the top and bottom.
> (Standard tv, not Hi Definition). Does this mean I purchased the
> wrong version of this movie, or is there no way to view it full
> screen? I thought all movies were viewable both ways.

No, it means you're seeing it the way it's supposed to be seen. 'Full
screen' hacks off the sides of the movie to fit it on a square screen so you
miss 2/3 of the picture.

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:20 GMT, "Large Farva" <>
wrote:

>'Full screen' hacks off the sides of the movie to fit it on a square screen so you
>miss 2/3 of the picture.

Good Grief! That much?

What does anamorphic mean in terms of size and shape?


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"Bob" <> wrote

> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:20 GMT, "Large Farva" <>
> wrote:
>
> >'Full screen' hacks off the sides of the movie to fit it on a square
screen so you
> >miss 2/3 of the picture.
>
> Good Grief! That much?

Not quite. For a 1.85:1 film you lose about 28% (1.33 / 1.85) and for a
2.35:1 film about 44% (1.33 / 2.35)

> What does anamorphic mean in terms of size and shape?

It means that on the disk the film is 33% taller than it would be if not
anamorphic, so the "raw" image has people tall and thin. On playback for a
4:3 TV the player squashes the picture to 75% of its height to compensate
(1.33 * .75 = 1) and adds the black bars. On a WS TV the "raw" image is
expanded horizontally to the full width of the screen (16/9 / 4/3 = 1.33) so
the picture appears normal, but without such wide black bars.

John Howells

wrote:
> What is 16x9 Letterbox?
>
> I have a movie that says on the box is 16x9 Letterbox 1.85:1
>
> When I watch it, I get the black bars on the top and bottom.
> (Standard tv, not Hi Definition). Does this mean I purchased the
> wrong version of this movie, or is there no way to view it full
> screen? I thought all movies were viewable both ways.

Your DVD player may have a setting for this. Some can "ZOOM" the
picture so that it fills an SDTV. Generally, if you want a fullscreen
image, you shoudl buy the fullscreen DVD. Personaly (and many people
feel this way), youshould just get used to the black bars and enjoy the
full pictue of the movie.

-goro-

On 26 Dec 2005 07:57:42 -0800, "Goro" <> wrote:

>Personaly (and many people
>feel this way), youshould just get used to the black bars and enjoy the
>full pictue of the movie.

I don't notice the bars after a short while, like a minute or two.


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