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#108958
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.: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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Thanks to everyone who has made a donation so far -- large or small they really help us out. Right now, the money is going toward keeping our web site up (which will become much larger in the next few weeks ) and to help pay our shipping costs for things we send between one another. I'm very far behind at the moment having just gotten back from vacation, but rest assured you donators will be rewarded in the near future.

I was wondering if you're letting people sign up at the website yet? The T-shirts look quite intriguing...

I was hoping to have that set up by now but I've been out of town for most of the last month and a half. Stay tuned to the site and expect to see a lot of cool stuff added in the near future.
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#95958
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Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
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Well I just tried to read through this thread full of tech specs and intellectual babling. It appears to me that you guys just aren't on the same page as far as where in the presentation process you're referring. ApolloOne seems to be referring to how anamorphic frames are created for pressing to DVD, whereas MeBeJedi is talking about anamorphic frames being manipulated by a DVD player.

Looking at your two example images above, you can clearly see the difference between how anamorphic dvd frames look compared to letterbox frames. Yes, anamorphic frames have more vertical resolution. It's because the image is meant to be stretched horizontally to the correct aspect ratio on widescreen displays, or shrunk vertically to fit a 4:3 television. Keep in mind that the desired output resolution (square pixels) of an anamorphic video is 864x480, not 720x480. On that note, I'm suprised no one has mentioned pixel sizes yet.