Originally posted by: Fang Zei
Now we can get back on topic...again.
I've been wondering something about widescreen movies that were not presented in anamorphic video on dvd. Does anyone have an example of one that was presented that way for some other reason besides it being made from laserdisk masters.
To make my question a little clearer or to ask it in a different way, are there widescreen (1.78:1 or wider) dvd's out there that were mastered from film elements but not presented in anamorphic video?
Now we can get back on topic...again.
I've been wondering something about widescreen movies that were not presented in anamorphic video on dvd. Does anyone have an example of one that was presented that way for some other reason besides it being made from laserdisk masters.
To make my question a little clearer or to ask it in a different way, are there widescreen (1.78:1 or wider) dvd's out there that were mastered from film elements but not presented in anamorphic video?
The general rule is: as soon as material is 1,78:1 wide, it can be presented anamorphically enhanced on DVD. The typical picture formats are 1.85:1, 2.20:1, 2.35:1.
There was a common format used in the 60´s and 70´s: 1.66:1, which is a little bit less wide than 1.78:1. This format has been handled differently from release to release:
- Cut it down to 1.78:1 and make an anamorphic transfer
- Make a non-anamorphic transfer (called Letterbox)
- Make an anamorphic transfer by shrinking the picture, adding small black bars at both sides of the picture. (called Windowboxing)