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 Message 20699 
 Frank Linhares to Eric Oulashin 
 Re: Thought on Discovery 
 17 Jul 19 14:43:26 
 
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TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08
 EO> That's true..  I think the term 'letterboxing' might refer to widescreen
 EO> movies displayed on a 4:3 screen, but I'm not sure if there is an
 EO> official definition. And even on a widescreen TV, some widescreen movies
 EO> have black bars on the top & bottom because the movie was filmed with a
 EO> wider aspect ratio than the TV (which I think you were saying as well).

Letterboxing is when showing something wider than the screen such as 16:9 on
4:3 or cine 2.35:1 on 16:9.

Pillarboxing is when showing thing that isn't wide enough such as 4:3 on 16:9
or 16:9 on 2.35:1.

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