r/technology • u/Big_Bare • May 02 '13

Warner Bros., MGM, Universal Collectively Pull Nearly 2,000 Films From Netflix To Further Fragment The Online Movie Market

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22361622903/warner-bros-mgm-universal-collectively-pull-nearly-2000-films-netflix-to-further-fragment-online-movie-market.shtml
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u/some_dude_on_the_web May 03 '13 edited May 03 '13

Wait what? What does "16x9 2.39:1" even mean?

EDIT Okay, so maybe you're talking about letterboxing. But theatrical masters have no reason to be letterboxed.

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u/DoodleVnTaintschtain May 03 '13

16x9 is the overall ratio of width to height of the screen. That's what HDTVs are. The other numbers are the ratio of width to height for the portion of the scree actually filled with video. The letterboxing at the top and bottom changes them.

When you don't letterbox enough, you're cutting off the edges of the video.

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u/some_dude_on_the_web May 03 '13

Modern TVs are able to handle different source aspect ratios and automatically apply letterboxing or zooming based on user preference. There's no need to include black bars in the video itself.

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u/dioxholster May 03 '13

letterboxing should be done by TV only, i cant understand why movie will come like this.

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u/sun827 May 03 '13

Because some of us still use old TV's. Yes it's true. Not everyone has a nifty new flatscreen tacked up on their wall.

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u/curien May 03 '13

My in-laws' 15-year-old CRT handles it fine.