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  1. Many WideScreen movies I rent still have black bars top and bottom. I know they're WideScreen because it's written on the disk and because I can tell the difference between a stretch image and a WideScreen image.

    So what's up with that?
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  2. Many movies are shot wider than widescreen television's 16:9.
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    HDTV's resolution of 16:9 equates to 1.77:1. Many movies have aspect ratios greater than 1.77:1, such as something like 2.25:1. These movies will always have black bars because they are necessary to fill up the screen. Remember that standard definition is 4:3, or 1.33:1. If the aspect ratio of the movie is higher than your screen's aspect ratio, you will ALWAYS see black bars. This is why widescreen films have black bars on standard definition TVs - film apsect ratios of 16:9 (which is 1.77:1) and 2.25:1 are greater than 4:3 (1.33:1).

    VERY FEW movies are actually shot in 16:9 (1.77:1). Most widescreen movies have aspect ratios greater than 2:1.
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  4. If they keep shopping top and bottom, they'll eventually come end up with the same amount of pixels of a 4:3 ratio :P


    Thanks guys
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