Loading...
|
| The Digital Home HDTV. Home Theatre. Broadband. The complete digital media experience, right in your living room. |
 |
04-08-2008, 06:14 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
X3F Member
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Woodstock '99
Posts: 1,750
|
Widescreen only not??
Why is it sometimes when you have a widescreen movie and a widescreen movie it doesn't always use the whole screen??? Even tv sometimes doesn't fill the who screen so If you have a 60 in. tv you only see 50 in. of picture???? Can anybody explain this???
__________________
Click here to see full text
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Games To Get By The End Of The Year:
Socom Confrontation [ ]
Little Big Planet [x]
Resistance 2 [x]
Gears of War 2 [x]
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 06:54 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
X3F Member
Local Time: 01:21 AM
Local Date: 12-03-2008
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland - UK
Posts: 307
|
Do you mean when you are watching a 2.35:1 ratio movie? That the original ratio used when it was filmed. Movies displayed in 16:9 or 4:3 are removing parts of the movie from the left and right of the image. Widescreen TVs generally have a ratio of 16:9 so when watching a movie in 2.35:1 the tv will have black bars across the top and bottom of the screen.
For example a 16:9 image
same image but cropped in at sides
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
My Setup:
32in Samsung LCD LE32A457, Elite 360, 80GB PS3, Wii
25 360 games, 3 PS3 games, 4 Wii games
Last edited by imdave; 04-08-2008 at 07:07 PM..
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 07:08 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
X3F Member
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Woodstock '99
Posts: 1,750
|
Sort of I'm talking about the top and bottom being cropped off though.
__________________
Click here to see full text
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Games To Get By The End Of The Year:
Socom Confrontation [ ]
Little Big Planet [x]
Resistance 2 [x]
Gears of War 2 [x]
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 07:22 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
.
Points: 14,116, Level: 28 |
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,055
|
It's because of the aspect ratios. Widescreen HDTV's are defined as 16:9. Which means it's longer than it is tall. If you do the math, the ratio is 1.77 to 1. Which means that the length is 1.77 times as long as the height.
Now, movies are shot in a variety of resolutions. 1.85 to 1 is common, 2.35 to 1 is common, and 1.7x to 1 is pretty common.
So, if a movie is 2.35 to 1, that means it's 2.35 times as long as it is tall. Therefore, on your TV, it has to put black bars at the top and bottom to preserve the aspect ratio that the original was shot in.
Have you ever noticed the curtains moving around at the movie theater?? They do the same thing and change the rough size of the screen to fix the movie being displayed 
hope that helps clear up the confusion.
If not, here is a wikipedia page;
Aspect ratio (image - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
__________________
Interested in Linux? Well, check out my comprehensive Ubuntu setup guide:
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
The only thing which is "future proof" is DEATH. Did I mention, I absolutely hate the use of the term "future proof".
Last edited by pparks1; 04-08-2008 at 07:29 PM..
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 07:26 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
I have the hats!
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,139
|
pparks is amazing!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 07:43 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
Death and Taxes
Points: 16,632, Level: 31 |
Local Time: 07:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 5,769
|
Ahh how I wish I had a 2.35:1 to setup. One day perhaps mainstream HDTVs will use the uber widescreen format
__________________
Optoma HD70, 42" Panasonic TH-42PX75U, Denon AVR-3805, KEF KHT2005.2, Panasonic DMP-BD55k Blu-ray Player, Monster PowerCenter HTS-3500MKII
BeyerDynamic DT990, E-MU 0404 USB, RockHopper Mini^3, Grado SR-80, Cowon iAudio X5, Acer Ferrari 4006WLMi, T-Mobile G1(aka HTC Dream)
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 07:59 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
that's what she said.
Points: 15,649, Level: 30 |
Local Time: 07:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kansas City, FTW
Posts: 5,333
|
Good info on aspect ratios, guys.
I dig it. I wouldn't worry too much about those little black bars. What's most important is having the PROPER aspect ratio for a given video.
At the size that HDTVs are these days, who cares if there's little black bars? lol I can't STAND when i go to someone's place and they are running the improper aspect ratio and they say "what are you talking about, it looks great" when you mention it... lol
__________________
Tufo | Pebblez | DJBiggieSmallz | HsZion | Queuebit | TKE Super Dave | True Tiamat | Vermillion
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 08:35 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
X3F Member
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Baltimore Unfortionantly
Posts: 1,325
|
i hate that most tv's are 16:9 and very few movies are shot in it. 60" for a screen and dont even get to use most of it. luckily the 360 is the proper aspect ratio!
__________________
On Xbox #4
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 09:44 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
X3F Member
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Woodstock '99
Posts: 1,750
|
pparks thanks. Probably the best response to a question in a long time on this forum. Since most responses have something to do with penises.
__________________
Click here to see full text
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Games To Get By The End Of The Year:
Socom Confrontation [ ]
Little Big Planet [x]
Resistance 2 [x]
Gears of War 2 [x]
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2008, 09:51 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
|
.
Points: 14,116, Level: 28 |
Local Time: 08:21 PM
Local Date: 12-02-2008
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,055
|
^ Not to worry, you won't get those type of responses from me.
__________________
Interested in Linux? Well, check out my comprehensive Ubuntu setup guide:
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
The only thing which is "future proof" is DEATH. Did I mention, I absolutely hate the use of the term "future proof".
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Announcements
New Releases
Upcoming Releases
