[opendtv] Re: Redefining anamorphic
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:46:48 -0500
John,
Don't blame Bert. I am the one "abusing" the term anamorphic. However, I'm
not alone.
Apple abuses the term.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305479>
Evertz abuses the term.
<http://www.evertz.com/products/500DCDA-HD>
Miranda abuses the term.
<http://www.miranda.com/product.php?i=93&l=1>
And the DVD Industry regularly abuses the term.
<https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_/104-0670498-9607143?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=anamorphic>
As I said several times, it is a common industry practice to refer to 16:9
widescreen material, when the same frame horizontal and vertical size is
also commonly used in a 4:3 format, as "anamorphic."
If you have a problem with the term, I suggest you take it up with the
industry at large, beginning with Apple, Evertz, Miranda, and the movie
studios that release widescreen 16:9 movies and crassly label them
"Anamorphic Widescreen."
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
You have not provided a published (as in a standard) reference to
"anamorphic." Did you catch Ron also putting the term in quotes? I want
to
know where the display and pickup lens (anamorphic) fit into this.
Lacking
them, you are abusing the term anamorphic.
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