2007-03-02 13:54:39 · 4 answers · asked by Jebbie 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Letterbox is a DVD viewing option whereby you get to see the movie in widescreen and since our TV screen shape doesn't allow for widescreen format, black appears at the top and bottom of the screen. this is how you view a movie as it was intended to be seen - with the entire view just as if you were at the movies (of course a heck of a lot smaller though). For movies to fit the whole TV screen, sections of the image are missing at the side so even though the picture appears larger it is a compromised way of watching the movie.
2007-03-02 14:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the movies since somewhere around the 1950s have been filmed in a rectangular format, rather than square like our TVs are.
If a movie is shown in widescreen (letterboxed) format, you can see the same image as it was shot. The alternative, called full-screen, has to cut off part of the picture on one side or the other -- or perhaps some off each side.
Some people complain about the dark strips on the top and bottom of the screen, but it doesn't bother me because it's good to see the film as the director intended.
2007-03-02 22:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Letterbox format is also (if I'm right) called "widescreen" format. Basically it means that the video is being shown in the same length-to-width proportions as in the movie theater.
2007-03-02 22:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find Out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxed
Hope I helped!
2007-03-02 21:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋