[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:17:41 -0400

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> You STILL don't get it. 16:9 is a DISPLAY aspect
> ratio. It may well dominate in the future.

Which is exactly what the Grand Alliance was talking
about, Craig. When they proposed 16:9 and square
pixels, guess what, they were talking about the
display. Now do you get it?

> > For TV or movie content, you'll see distortion,
> > letterboxing, or pillarboxing to accommodate
> > mismatch. But over time, as DTV shows are
> > transmitted 16:9, these ugly compromises will
> > occur less often.
>
> Hollywood is not using 16:9 Bert, except for some
> shows they produce for TV.

Since you insist on repeating this comment, the
most common ratio used by Hollywood is 1.85:1,
which for all intents and purposes is the same as
16:9. The overscan in TVs easily covers up the
difference. So there is no mismatch issue with
Hollywood's most common ratio.

The 2.35:1 is accommodated as I explained above:
either with distortion or with black bars. With
a 16:9 display aspect ratio, the distortion or
annoying black bars are going to be less that they
would be over a legacy 4:3 display.

> 4:3 sets are still outselling widescreen models
> by a huge factor. Yes this will change.

Finally. Thank you. It will change because new
display technologies don't involve a *cost*
premium for wide aspect ratio, and because the
source content will be predominately wide. And
TV and movie content is *primarily* going to
be viewed full screen, even if *occasionally*
people might view it in a window.

My comment was that the Grand Alliance proposal
is being adopted de facto, and I see that
finally you have come to the same conclusion.

Bert
 
 
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