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Enhanced Movies

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Lou_F

Discussion Starter · Feb 25, 2005

Does anyone know what it means when a DVD says "Enhanced for 16:9 TV's"? I would assume they were formatted for a 16:9 TV.

I have a number of these and when I play them on my HDTV, they look like any other letterbox movie.

Thanks.

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mnilan

· #2 · Feb 25, 2005

Lou:

I believe that "enhanced for 16:9 (or widesreen) TVs" means that the film is anamorphic.

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Josh Z

· #3 · Feb 25, 2005

Read this:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...c/welcome.html

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RockyF

· #4 · Feb 25, 2005

Anamorphic Enhancement is not the same as aspect ratio. Many movies are in the 2:35.1 ratio, which is wider than 16X9, so they will still have black bars. There used to be a sticky about this, but Josh's link will fill you in.

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Lou_F

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 25, 2005

Thanks, The link explains it well.

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