steve.g.szabo
Auditioning
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- May 11, 2006
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I'm new to the site - please forgive me if this has been addressed in another thread.
I have The Last Samurai in SD-DVD and HD-DVD formats. According to the
packages the SD is in 2.35:1 and the HD is in 2.40:1. When I view the SD version on my SD player the black bars are about 3" thick while if I view the HD version on my new Toshiba HD player the black bars are about 1/2 the thickness ( running at 1080i ).
Example:
SD-DVD version:
HD-DVD version:
Keep in mind that these pics illustrate the ratio not the actual content ( the image on my TV is not warped as in these pics )
Is this to be expected? I thought that if both versions were using the same apsect ratio that the thickness of the black bars would be almost the same.
I just want to ensure that I'm not loosing any of the frame ( left and right )
Thanks
I have The Last Samurai in SD-DVD and HD-DVD formats. According to the
packages the SD is in 2.35:1 and the HD is in 2.40:1. When I view the SD version on my SD player the black bars are about 3" thick while if I view the HD version on my new Toshiba HD player the black bars are about 1/2 the thickness ( running at 1080i ).
Example:
SD-DVD version:
HD-DVD version:
Keep in mind that these pics illustrate the ratio not the actual content ( the image on my TV is not warped as in these pics )
Is this to be expected? I thought that if both versions were using the same apsect ratio that the thickness of the black bars would be almost the same.
I just want to ensure that I'm not loosing any of the frame ( left and right )
Thanks