Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 ONLY

[kevon27]

Why are we getting Bluray 1080p movies in letterbox format when hdtv's are already a widescreen format?

I can understand the letterbox thing for dvd's because people are still watching dvd's on 4:3 crt's. But who in there right mind will buy a bluray player and watch it on 4:3 sd tV?

We all want that big screen movie theater feel in our homes but we can't because a movie is not using your tv's entire viewing real estate. So a 50" lcd looks like a 37" tv when a movie is not in 1.85:1.

With bluray being the true replacement for dvd and the game is still early, we can demand from the movie studios to bring ALLLL movies in 1.85:1 aspect ratio with bitrate 50Mbs and above .. Let's make these bastard give us what we want, nothing but full screen ultra high quality.

We need to start sending emails, and start making phone calls to the studios.

[BStecke]

Uh, no. You may want, but most of us don't.

The answers to all your questions and more can be found here.

[Sonny]

Its all about the Original Aspect Ratio of the film just enjoy it

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by kevon27

Why are we getting Bluray 1080p movies in letterbox format when hdtv's are already a widescreen format?

I can understand the letterbox thing for dvd's because people are still watching dvd's on 4:3 crt's. But who in there right mind will buy a bluray player and watch it on 4:3 sd tV?

We all want that big screen movie theater feel in our homes but we can't because a movie is not using your tv's entire viewing real estate. So a 50" lcd looks like a 37" tv when a movie is not in 1.85:1.

With bluray being the true replacement for dvd and the game is still early, we can demand from the movie studios to bring ALLLL movies in 1.85:1 aspect ratio with bitrate 50Mbs and above .. Let's make these bastard give us what we want, nothing but full screen ultra high quality.

We need to start sending emails, and start making phone calls to the studios.

Nice first post...just jump right in with the "I hate Black Bars Thread". Read the link that BStecke provided for you, it will tell you everything you need to know about black bars.

[surfdude12]

OMG dude, you'd better duck and hide. You're about to get blown into oblivion! Here's the quick explanation:
-to fit 1.85:1, the 2.40:1 movies will get chopped at the sides...who wants that??
-its not 1.85 or 2.40, but the right ratio is "OAR": original aspect ratio (ie. whatever the director intended), so we see the whole movie as he wanted us to.

[radagast]

Mods, please close this.

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by radagast

Mods, please close this.

Exactly.

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by radagast

Mods, please close this.

+1

[Josh]

Originally Posted by BStecke

Uh, no. You may want, but most of us don't.

The answers to all your questions and more can be found here.

Read that.