Question about viewing original aspect ratio

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Originally Posted by chip75

When watching on your laptop leave all the settings (Crop, Aspect Ratio and Zoom) to Default. There shouldn't be any reason to change them. Let VLC work out how to play them. Django Unchained is 2.39:1 and not 2.35:1.

The 2nd image is incorrect, you've squashed it! That 2nd quote sounds like nonsense, BD players can play back anamorphic DVDs perfectly fine.

Yes you can leave it to the default settings but is that the original picture aspect ratio (as chosen by the director of the film) as viewed in the cinema?

The image appear squashed because we are used to viewing 2.35:1 picture on 16:9 TV screens. I know some purists prefer the former 'squashed' and that's what I'm trying to understand.

2.35:1 example:


Another example (Dark Skies) in 16:9


Forced to 2:35:1


16:9


2:35:1