DVD v TV Aspect Ratio

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24-09-2006, 8:17 PM

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DVD v TV Aspect Ratio

Out of curiosity, does anybody know why a film watched via dvd will show in letterbox, whilst the same film broadcast on TV will fill the whole screen?

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24-09-2006, 8:21 PM

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Re: DVD v TV Aspect Ratio

Probably because when broadcast on TV they've cropped the edges and zoomed to make it 1.78:1 (16:9). And in doing so destroyed the aspect ratio from the original 2.35:1.

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