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The High Definition Dvd native aspect ratio is expected to be 16x9 with square pixels.
This deals fairly effectively with 1.85:1 content, but a large fraction of favorite films are shot in the wider 2.35:1 aspect.
It seems very natural (as has been commented on by others) that an emerging HD-DVD format should cope with this reality via a solution similar to the 'anamorphic enhancement' currently found on standard DVD.
Vertically stretching films of this sort to fill the 16x9 pixel count would have the same benefits to picture brightness and resolution that are seen in the analogous 4:3 -> 16:9 transformation. While we don't expect 2.35:1 monitors to be produced, CRT type displays could perform a compression of their scan lines for a higher resolution letterbox version, and the front projector fixed-resolution crowd could use EXISTING 4:3 stretch anamorphic lenses for a fantastic constant height setup.
It seems like such a simple logical extension of this already employed technique, but I have no information whether the DVD Forum & the two major format contenders are thinking along this line.
Any Ideas?
This deals fairly effectively with 1.85:1 content, but a large fraction of favorite films are shot in the wider 2.35:1 aspect.
It seems very natural (as has been commented on by others) that an emerging HD-DVD format should cope with this reality via a solution similar to the 'anamorphic enhancement' currently found on standard DVD.
Vertically stretching films of this sort to fill the 16x9 pixel count would have the same benefits to picture brightness and resolution that are seen in the analogous 4:3 -> 16:9 transformation. While we don't expect 2.35:1 monitors to be produced, CRT type displays could perform a compression of their scan lines for a higher resolution letterbox version, and the front projector fixed-resolution crowd could use EXISTING 4:3 stretch anamorphic lenses for a fantastic constant height setup.
It seems like such a simple logical extension of this already employed technique, but I have no information whether the DVD Forum & the two major format contenders are thinking along this line.
Any Ideas?