Points of Departure - false letterbox

 Posted on 11/1/2000 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>Given what seem to be a number of problems I'm changing my mind about
>wanting w/s DVDs and instead hoping for regular 4:3. At least then we
>won't start losing heads/chins, losing cgi and gaining people sitting at
>the edge having a cup of tea.

You don't lose *anything* if the image is true widescreen; you *add* because
you're getting more on the side. If the process is done right, you get
everything you saw in the regular version plus extra stuff at the ends.

This is as near as I can tell an aberration, and not the true widescreen.

jms

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