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Old 07-06-2008, 04:03 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by toefer View Post
Stupid question coming up:

If a movie is in 1080p, and 2.40:1, is it correct that you are losing some of that resolution on regular WS HDTVs? Are projectors the only way (presumably) to get the full 1080 lines?
Not even projectors will get you 1080 lines of picture detail on 2.40:1 movies (unless you are counting black lines). 2.40 movies are currently encoded with approx 280 black lines in the picture on Blu-ray (slightly less black lines if the aspect ratio is really 2.39:1)

Last edited by 4K2K; 07-06-2008 at 04:07 AM.