[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Widescreen -v- Letterbox

[illyana delorean]

The reason you're still getting the black lines is that practically 
no widescreen films are 16x9; therefore, they would not fit your TV 
perfectly unless they got stretched-out. I believe that some films 
shot in HD are 16x9, but not any normal films.

Maybe GulPlum can confirm this, as he seems to be the resident 
widescreen expert!

illyana


Madeleine wrote:
>Actually that is not entirely true.  We have the 16x9 Sony (the 
>widescreen), and most widescreen movies, including PS, are formatted 
>to still have the black bars at the top and bottom to "preserve the 
>theatrical experience for our home use".  We thought our tv was 
>broken when we first hooked it up at Christmas.  Now we have noticed 
>that most movies you will still get the black bars even with 
>"widescreen" formats.   :)
>Steve Binch <stbinch at actionsd.com> wrote:Most new HDTVs are the 
>shape of the widescreen so that you can use your
>entire screen without having to see the black lines on the top and bottom of
>the screen. These are the future of television and our children will
>remember back to our square televisions and chuckle.

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