Originally posted by: Tiptup
Hmm, if I were going to describe non-letterboxed, non-anamorphic images without loss, I'd simply call them full-screen+original-aspect-ratio since the term anamorphic has a very precise physical meaning and should only be applied to an image that is stretched at some point along the line.
Yeah, I'd call that '4:3' .
The term "anamorphic" IS confusing to many people, and the term will probably become antiquated when all TVs are 16:9 and all video sources are 16:9 (or close to it). I guess you could consider any video that is 4:3, like The Wizard of Oz, 'anamorphic' if viewed on a 4:3 screen!
Originally posted by: zombie84
Regarding the previous post I made about the poor resolution of HD and the prequels--it should be noted that the prequel films arent actually HD res. They are in fact, less than HD resolution--because HD resolution is in a 1.78 native ratio. The 2:35 aspect ratio is achieved by cropping. So, in fact, its a blow-up of a smaller portion of the image.
TPM was the only one of the prequels shot on 35mm, wasn't it?Hmm, if I were going to describe non-letterboxed, non-anamorphic images without loss, I'd simply call them full-screen+original-aspect-ratio since the term anamorphic has a very precise physical meaning and should only be applied to an image that is stretched at some point along the line.
Yeah, I'd call that '4:3' .
The term "anamorphic" IS confusing to many people, and the term will probably become antiquated when all TVs are 16:9 and all video sources are 16:9 (or close to it). I guess you could consider any video that is 4:3, like The Wizard of Oz, 'anamorphic' if viewed on a 4:3 screen!
Originally posted by: zombie84
Regarding the previous post I made about the poor resolution of HD and the prequels--it should be noted that the prequel films arent actually HD res. They are in fact, less than HD resolution--because HD resolution is in a 1.78 native ratio. The 2:35 aspect ratio is achieved by cropping. So, in fact, its a blow-up of a smaller portion of the image.