[BC] Pushing too hard

[Robert Meuser]

Not always, Dana.

Even simple boxes have streatch, crop and other options. Crop will work 
well for a while as almost everything is frame 4 by 3 .

R


DANA PUOPOLO wrote:

>Regular TV has an aspect ratio of 4:3 (horiz:vertical)
>DTV has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which makes it 'wider' then analog TV.
>Therefore, the vertical will have to be narrower - which they do by putting
>black at the top and bottom of the  picture. It's commonly seen with many
>films shown on TV. This is called letterboxing.
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>-D
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>Received: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:20:14 PM PST
>From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
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>Subject: Re: [BC] Pushing too hard
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: DANA PUOPOLO 
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>  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:51 PM
>  Subject: Re: [BC] Pushing too hard
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>  Dish TV will do the digital to analog conversion for you, Steve. You won't
>  notice a thing different on "analog die day" - except perhaps a few
>channels
>  now running in letterboxes.
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>
>  Well this is good news. I don't know if you can answer this for me. I like
>Turner Classic Movies. Now when you say Letterbox, this wouldn't include them
>or would it? Now that I think about it they just run the movies in their
>original format. I take it you're referring to stations other than those who
>uplink? Locals with network affiliations? Hope I made this clear. Honestly,
>I've not kept up on the HDTV thing so I'm a bit "thin" in the information
>department.
>
>  Thanks for your input!
>
>  Steve
>  Steve Walker Productions
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