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ScottieBoysName
Movie - Ready Player One
DCR - Off
Anamorphic - Off
Aspect - Auto
=Image - Standard, Normal no clipping.
Movie - Ready Player One
DCR - Off
Anamorphic - Off
Aspect - Zoom
=Image - Top is not chopped, nor sides, but I need to mechanically pan out to catch the width. Image is larger but maintains AR, and is not chopped out of frame. I just need to pan out.
Good, this is what I thought would be the case. So far, so good.
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ScottieBoysName
Movie - Ready Player One
DCR - On
Anamorphic - C
Aspect - Auto
=Image - Standard, Normal no clipping.
Movie - Ready Player One
DCR - On
Anamorphic - C
Aspect - Zoom
=Image - Top and bottom are chopped, like out of panel/sensor chopped. No amount of mechanically panning out will catch it.
I feel like Anamorphic C engages the entire panel height and width - this enabling Zoom AFTER that moves the image out of the frame of the sensor since it’s already at its limit.
Very interesting, and different from what I expected with regard to Anamorphic C, Auto vs Zoom...
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ScottieBoysName
So...what about 16:9? I run that in Auto now. Should I run that in Zoom and mechanically pan out? Is there any drawback in running the projector in Zoom the whole time?
Are you using Anamorphic D for 16:9 content, which is what you would use with the DCR in place? If so, I can't 'do the math', as I am less familiar with how the scaling works here. I would guess that with Zoom, you'd be cropping those rows top/bottom with or without Anamorphic D, and that it wouldn't be any more cropped with Zoom vs Auto, but I could easily be wrong.
Or are you taking the DCR off for 16:9 content? If so, if you kept it on Zoom, you would gain some brightness, but lose those 144 pixel rows (72 top, 72 bottom).
This raises a little concern for me: without moving my mount, I don't think I can quite fill my 2.35:1 screen when it's in Auto, based on measurements so far. Maybe it'll be a little different once I actually get it mounted.
But as it looks now, I have to engage Zoom to fully fill the screen for 2.40:1 content. And based on what you're seeing with the DCR Lens/Anamorphic Mode C, and A.R. set to Zoom, I may be clipping some content top and bottom. Probably not of much significance, but I wish I didn't have to.
Thanks for collecting the data! I hope to do the same as soon as I can get a friend over to help me get this beast up there.