Anamorphic DVD
(Buena Vista) seems shamefully oblivious of
Widescreen
shortchanging current and future owners of
letterboxed LaserDiscs, has not yet released
morphic form and should be stretched hori-
has promised that it soon will.
· 1.33:1 LBX (for sending letterbox
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whenever possible. New Line, Warner, and
it says is "widescreen," it may be letter-
Widescreen Review readers understand, the
2. Set the TV to automatic or normal (not
seamlessly create thicker mattes that are
60 (72)
ed averaging to combine lines (scaling 4 lines
major misstep by not releasing an anamor-
widescreen equipment.
generates black bars at the top and the bot-
box mattes would be identical in size, but
pan-and-scan or letterbox on 1.33:1 TV)
For improved performance in a widescreen
theatre, expand, or similar modes)
content who cares about preserving high
60 (72)
be slightly better. This is not a defect of the
weighted filter
· 1.78:1 PS only (player not allowed to
enhances the already amazing digital pic-
people claim they have gotten used to watch-
the picture quality of the studio version might
using a letterbox filter that combines every 4
1. Connect the DVD player to the wide-
It Movies" "Ographies" section of the Webzine
480 (576)
5:17 PM
future has already begun.
the on-screen setup feature or a switch on
· 1.78:1 LBX or PS (viewer can select
into 3 or merging the boundary lines) rather
expanded signal to widescreen TV)
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skinny TVs into the dusty museums of obso-
play modes:
phic widescreen," or something similar. If all
letterbox.
display
Talking To The TV
3. Set the DVD player to 16:9 output (using
television standards will eventually push old
to commit to anamorphic enhancement
on the disc, or it can be stored in anamor-
Playback of widescreen material can be
screen TV with an S-video or SCART cable,
don't. The anamorphic video is then shown
cases where wider film content was letter-
boxed to 1.33:1, not 1.78:1. Check the
the same size as if the video had been letter-
ture quality of DVD. New widescreen digital
disc today makes it future proof. And as
carried on SCART pin 8, or added as a 5V
boxed to 1.78:1 before being encoded for
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You can usually tell that a DVD contains
send a special signal to tell the widescreen
above and below the "burned in" mattes to
9/15/08
DreamWorks SKG are the only major studios
player. If you compared the two, the letter-
"enhanced for 16:9 widescreen," "anamor-
(S-video) connection. In order for automatic
tom of the display picture (60 lines each for
zontally. The signal is embedded in the video
360 (432)
is equipped to recognize widescreen signal-
quality on DVD needs to understand how
.25
grams can be marked for the following dis-
the back of the player).
anamorphic video if the packaging says
than simply dropping one out of every four
.75
.25
· 1.33:1 full frame
720
of full anamorphic resolution, but a major
height remaining, creating a shorter but wider
NTSC, 72 for PAL). This leaves 3/4 of the
· 1.78:1 LBX only (player not allowed to
Criterion, the original champion of widescreen
pan-and-scan on 1.33:1 TV)
Figure 3
in its full width. Some DVD players have bet-
can either be letterboxed to 1.33:1 on ex-
ing of the anamorphic process so that the
ing of the letterbox filter in the player exactly
ter letterbox filters than others, using weight-
480 (576)
lescence. Putting anamorphic video on a
weight. That leaves the second option, auto
FROM
lines into 3, reducing the vertical resolution
display that the incoming video is in ana-
In order to fit this shorter rectangle, the
restricted by the producer of the disc. Pro-
match the format of the video.
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anamorphic picture is squeezed vertically
drawback is that it can distort your percep-
anamorphic source
friends and family if they've been putting on
anamorphic formatting works and how it
.5
compensates for the original horizontal squeez-
Any producer or owner of widescreen
tion of reality and cause you to ask your
must be set up properly:
ing, it will automatically switch modes to
Today And Tomorrow
a 1.33:1 aspect ratio in order to gain a
The Archives
lines.
DVD, the mattes generated by the player sit
allow standard TV owners to take advantage
at www.widescreenreview.com to be sure.
Titanic. Universal, MGM, and
home theatre environment, the player can
movie is shown in its proper proportions and
unchanged, causing everything and every-
20th Century Fox sporadically recognize the
WIDESCREEN REVIEW NEWSLETTER 28
blanking area (European WSS standard),
pensive studio equipment before it's stored
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one in the picture to look tall and skinny. Some
boxed directly for 1.33:1. The vertical squeez-
Paramount do the next best job of providing
In automatic letterbox mode, the player
rectangle, which just happens to be 1.78:1.
widescreen switching to work, everything
DVD format, but rather a deficiency of today's
phic version of
ing widescreen movies this way, and it does
Review or the DVDiscography on the "Find
DVDiscography section in
DC component on the chroma line of the Y/C
anamorphic titles, but Paramount made a
switch the TV to show the S-video input
letterbox on 1.33:1 TV)
players. Any studio that letterboxes video to
from 480 scan lines to 360 (see Figure 3). In
If everything is working right, and the TV
As of mid-1999, Columbia TriStar and
an anamorphic DVD, although the company
the entire concept. In a very strange twist,
It's worth noting that a widescreen movie
miniscule improvement in video quality is
phic form and letterboxed to 1.33:1 by the
importance of anamorphic, while Disney
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