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- From: idathon@uts.uni-c.dk (Hans O. Nymand)
- Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
- Subject: Re: Aspect Ratio for 7 popular films (Laserdiscs)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.215958.16790@uts.uni-c.dk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:59:58 GMT
- References: <ypq2gdl@rpi.edu>
- Organization: UNI-C, Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education
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- In <ypq2gdl@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
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- >Here are aspect ratios of 7 popular films (measured from laserdiscs
- >on my projection TV):
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- >Most films made prior to 1953 were shoot at 1.33:1, or an Academy
- >Ratio.
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- >1. Ben-Hur 2.63:1
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- That's a pretty extreme letterbox. How does this look in real life?
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- >2. Star Wars 2.44:1
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- Hmm, that's wider than it was shot (2.35:1).
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- You say your TV is a ratio 1.375:1. I thought TV's generally was 1.33:1.
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- Henrik Sahlholt
- (d01hs@vm2.uni-c.dk)
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