[avsfsmores]

Can someone explain to me what OAR stands for and what it is...THANkS!

 

[CycloneGT]

Original Aspect Ratio. Its refers to the widescreen ratio of a movie or program that it was orginally produced with. Around here it usually comes up when a widescreen movies is cropped down to fit on a 16:9 screen.

 

[avsfsmores]

Ah...Thanks

 

[arthurvino]

OAR is usually wider (more stretched) than 16x9?


Desperado this weekend looked OAR, right?

 

[jorgitog1]

Whenever you see those anoying black bars on top and bottom of your screen, that's your OAR........

 

[Bill Broderick]

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Originally posted by jorgitog1 Whenever you see those anoying black bars on top and bottom of your screen, that's your OAR........

Not necessarily. If the movie was shot 4:3 (1.33.1), like old movies were. If it is shown in OAR, there will be no bars on a 4:3 TV, but there should be bars on the sides of a 16:9 TV.


If the OAR of a movie is 1.85:1, you shouldn't see bars on a 16:9 TV, but you will see them on a 4:3 TV.


If the OAR is 2.35:1, there will be black bars on the top & bottom of all TV's.

 

[leszek1]

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Originally posted by Bill Broderick If the OAR of a movie is 1.85:1, you shouldn't see bars on a 16:9 TV

Unless your TV has a lot of overscan, you will see small black bars on your 16:9 TV when viewing 1.85:1 material.

 

[bfdtv]

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Unless your TV has a lot of overscan, you will see small black bars on your 16:9 TV when viewing 1.85:1 material.

I wouldn't say that. Most sets (and even some STBs) ship with at least 5% overscale on each side, and that more than makes up for the difference.


As far as most 16:9 televisions are concerned (as setup by factory), there is no practical difference between 1.85:1 and 1.78:1.

 

[leszek1]

Well,


I see small black bars on my TV on 1.85:1 material vs 16:9 material. I guess it depends on a TV.