Suhit Gupta
11-02-2004, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/94119.html' target='_blank'>http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/94119.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"If you are a film buff and want to watch movies at home that are in the same format that was shown on the big screen, consider this: movies made for cinema screens are filmed with an aspect ratio of between 1.85:1 and 2.4:1, and the director consciously uses the entire screen to tell you the story. So when a movie is re-packaged for television broadcast, various editing methods are used to try and make everything on the large movie screen fit onto a 1.33:1 TV. That means that 40-50% of the movie is affected."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/408EBA092330007500000000828BD472.jpg" /><br /><br />If you are confused by the terminology when shopping for a widescreen TV, then you will find this Ecoustics article excellent as it explains everything you need to know.