Anamorphic Widescreen DVD's ?

Question

I have a 16:9 ratio HDTV and I'm confused at why some widescreen movies are able to fill the entire screen while others leave bars. I'm not talking about "Fullscreen". There are some widescreen movies that are able to fill my TV and I'm not sure if it's because it is called "Anamorphic Widescreen". What is Anamorphic Widescreen format?? I notice some rations like 2.35:1 which have big bars, 1.85:1 which I think leaves bars, and also 1.78:1. For some reason I have some 1.85:1 DVD's that have bars and some that don't. I'm looking for the one that doesn't leave bars

Answer 1

1.85:1 should not leave bars: that's close to the 16:9 format.

Movies are shot to fit the aspect ratio of the theaters they will be shown in. Keep in mind that the movie industry is more than actors. There is a distribution network that includes the brick and mortar theaters, which drive the aspect ratios of the movie cameras.

The DVD producer then offers a version in wide-screen that puts all of what was shot onto your 16x9 screen. Since some are wider, the bars appear.

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Answer 2

Anamorphic widescreen is a videographic technique that horizontally squeezes a widescreen image so as that it relatively is saved right into a time-honored 4:3 factor ratio DVD image physique. properly suited playback equipment can then re-strengthen the horizontal measurement to instruct the unique widescreen image. In its contemporary definition as a video term, it exchange into initially devised for widescreen sixteen:9 factor ratio television instruments Anamorphic widescreen DVDs additionally are recorded utilising a horizontal-squeezing technique. in the event that they're performed on time-honored 4:3 television without adjustment, the anamorphic image will look horizontally squeezed; the actors will look skinny and tall and a circle would be squashed to look as a vertical oval. changing the playback equipment to apply the "fill" or "4:3 letterbox" placing will stretch the image horizontally to precisely opposite the squeezing used for the duration of recording. this facilitates the movie to be considered in its unique widescreen format. If the playback reveal has a 4:3 actual format, usually black letterbox bars would be inserted above and under the image to fill the empty area. If the reveal has a sixteen:9 actual format, stretching the image lower back to its unique rectangle shape will usually fill the reveal. DVDs with a sixteen:9 factor ratio tend to be categorized "Anamorphic Widescreen", "more advantageous for sixteen:9 televisions", "more advantageous for widescreen televisions", or comparable, although presently there is not any labeling time-honored. otherwise, the movie will basically help the time-honored complete-physique reveal and could only be letterboxed. Kevin

Answer 3

movies are shot in different aspect ratios