More likely an anamorphic print is telecined flat, and the encoder told to set the display AR to 16:9 The same mechanics and optics would be used to telecine an Academy AR or matted widescreen 35mm print, just a different encoder setting. gary Gary Hughes Video Architect, Advanced Engineering Motorola On Demand Video, MA34 80 Central St. Boxborough, MA 01719 Email: ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx Office: 978 266 7269 Mobile: 978 339 3615 > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Economos > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:27 PM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Redefining anamorphic > > I'm not an expert on this (and maybe there's one lurking on > the list), but if the content was telecined from film. there > probably is a lens system in the telecine machine that is > used to select between 16:9 and > 4:3 letterbox for 720x480 output. > > So maybe the term "anamorphic" applies by association? > > Ron > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.