Quick black bars question

[funnymanbing]

I still can't believe that with years of DVD people still don't understand what OAR is and don't comprehend aspect ratios.

[Knight-Errant]

Originally Posted by funnymanbing

I still can't believe that with years of DVD people still don't understand what OAR is and don't comprehend aspect ratios.

I know.

[Ralph P.]

Originally Posted by funnymanbing

I still can't believe that with years of DVD people still don't understand what OAR is and don't comprehend aspect ratios.

Greetings,

I think that even though many have had DVD players for several years now more and more people are now purchasing widescreen displays. With 4:3 displays ALL widescreen video was letterboxed. Going with a widescreen display leads many to believe that there will be no more letterboxing necessary. That of course leads to threads like these.

Don't worry they will catch on....

[Deciazulado]

What we need is Cinemascope/Panavision shaped LCDs. Then all movies* would fill the screen height and look tall and big and the width would be what changes with the format, just like in the theaters. Some people might object to the side bars but having all the image be as tall as the screen is less objectionable to people as the images are not shrunk and people will not have as much tendency to think something is being covered and they're being shortchanged. Also you could have some Picture in Picture having two 4:3 screens side by side, or one main big 16:9 on the left and two smaller 4:3s or three smaller 16:9s on top of each other on the rigtht side. etc etc.



*well 2.55 and 2.75 movies might still get very slim black bars but those movies are very very few