I have a quick question for you guys..

Why don’t we usually see Black Bars in great movie theaters?

Are you serious?

I have a quick question for you guys..

Why don’t we usually see Black Bars in great movie theaters?

i think he is serious ;)so here's my anwser;

At home we use (most of us) 16:9 screens/tv's so with a widescreen movie
you see black bars top/bottom

Movie theaters use 2.35:1 screens so widescreen fills the whole screen

greetzzz,

Danny

i think he is serious ;)so here's my anwser;

At home we use (most of us) 16:9 screens/tv's so with a widescreen movie
you see black bars top/bottom

Movie theaters use 2.35:1 screens so widescreen fills the whole screen

greetzzz,

Danny

and also for movies that are more narrow the pull the curtains in so that they have what's called a fixed height projection system. Then use the curtains to mask the horizontal differences.

Also the film stores the images anamorphically with no black bars.

I have a quick question for you guys..

Why don’t we usually see Black Bars in great movie theaters?

I'll counter you with one:

Why don't we usually see curtains on the sides of wide-screen televisions(or on the tops & bottoms of regular 1.33:1 square TVs)? ;)

Why don’t we usually see Black Bars in great movie theaters?Because the curtains are drawn over the areas where the "black bars might be"!! :rolleyes:

The screen is "constant height" (duh!) but variable width. If the image is wider, they open the curtains wider.

I guess you all are too young to remember when the curtains were drawn closed over the move screen before the movie started. When the lights dimmed, the curtains would open to the appropriate width for the film.

News-reels came on first so the curtains would only open a bit for them (as they were narrow frame) then would open wider for the feature film.

:sheesh:

I have a quick question for you guys..

Why don’t we usually see Black Bars in great movie theaters?

For the same reason that we don't see them in great home theaters. The screen width is adjusted to fit the image.

I'm seeing a lot of movie theaters that have fixed width screens: the raise or lower the upper curtain to compensate. Result - the wider the image, the smaller the image (in terms of square feet)!

SUCKS: No wonder I rarely go!!!