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Post #924040

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darklordoftech
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Date created
4-Apr-2016, 10:05 AM

Dek Rollins said:

TV’s Frink said:

Movies and TV shows shot in 4:3 but shown letterboxed.

I don’t understand how you can letterbox something that is either the same ratio as the screen or taller, unless you are windowboxing, which is different.

darklordoftech said:

…unless you mean letterbox on the sides rather than the top and bottom.

This is usually called pillarbox, so saying letterbox and meaning pillarbox is misleading.

I just looked up the terms. Windowboxing is when an already letterboxed image gets pillarboxed. An example we should all be familiar with is the GOUT.