Question about widescreen DVD resolution

[iamme]

do they count the black bars across the top and bottom? or is the resolution just the picture?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

just the picture

 

[her209]

Resolution or aspect ratio?

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: her209
Resolution or aspect ratio?

resolution....isn't DVD like 720x480 or something like that?

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: her209
Resolution or aspect ratio?

resolution....isn't DVD like 720x480 or something like that?

the resolution depends on what the aspect ratio is.

the resolution of a 1:35 aspect ratio movie is gong to be less than the resolution of a movie with a 1:85 aspect ratio. the actual picture in the 1:85 aspect ratio is bigger than in the 1:35 picture.

 

[GoSharks]

if the dvd is anamorphic, then the picture itself has 480 lines. if it is regular letterbox, then the picture and black bars are included in the 480 line count.

 

[0roo0roo]

animorphic = black bars not counted. or atleast mostly if it really really wide. not that it matters on a regular piss resolution tv which has no resolution to display to begin with. dvd player tosses out extra resolution. on nice monitor or hdtv it gets displayed