EDIT: Title should read 1.78 vs 2.37
As the other Avatar thread was killed for various reasons, I'll try to keep this as factual as possible.
Fact: The Avatar blu-ray will have 16x9 aspect ratio.
Fact: In order to view Avatar blu-ray on a scope screen, the native image must either be distorted (stretched) or cropped.
The following are production stills provided by the studio that were published on many mainstream websites (imdb, yahoo, etc). They all started out with 16x9 aspect ratio. I can't say for sure they represent the exact images shown in the movie, but I can't think of a good reason why they would've been altered.
The left side is the native image as would be seen in a 16x9 display. The right side represents the 75% vertical center crop expanded to the same height, as would be displayed in a 2.37 display.
Scope afficianados keep in mind: every scene will need to be cropped in order to view in scope, even the ones that may suffer from cropping.
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As the other Avatar thread was killed for various reasons, I'll try to keep this as factual as possible.
Fact: The Avatar blu-ray will have 16x9 aspect ratio.
Fact: In order to view Avatar blu-ray on a scope screen, the native image must either be distorted (stretched) or cropped.
The following are production stills provided by the studio that were published on many mainstream websites (imdb, yahoo, etc). They all started out with 16x9 aspect ratio. I can't say for sure they represent the exact images shown in the movie, but I can't think of a good reason why they would've been altered.
The left side is the native image as would be seen in a 16x9 display. The right side represents the 75% vertical center crop expanded to the same height, as would be displayed in a 2.37 display.
Scope afficianados keep in mind: every scene will need to be cropped in order to view in scope, even the ones that may suffer from cropping.
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Image 3:

Image 4:

Image 5:

Image 6:

Image 7:
