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Isn't that just a regular aspect ratio issue? If the content is filmed in 1:2.4 and you're trying to watch it on a 16:10 screen, it's always going to be letterb
by wackget 3y ago
Isn't that just a regular aspect ratio issue? If the content is filmed in 1:2.4 and you're trying to watch it on a 16:10 screen, it's always going to be letterboxed.
In that case, if it doesn't look letterboxed then it's either stretched (deformed) or parts of the video are cropped/lost.
- scubbo 3y agoI think they're saying that the base content _itself_ has the letterbox "burned in", so that when they watch it on their TV (with an wider ratio) it has black borders on all four sides - at the sides because of ratio mismatch, and at the top and bottom because they're present in the base media.
- lathiat 3y agoThis is correct. There’s a total black border on all 4 sides. Because the black bars are rendered into the top and bottom of the video. On a 1080p display it full screens fine but with a display with the native wide screen aspect of the actual video I can’t actually have it fill the screen. But only on paramount+ This used to be a problem with VHS/DVDs when widescreen TVs first came out. TVs often (and maybe still do) had a mode to zoom in to cut them off.
- NoodleDerek 3y agoPeople expect black bats on the top or the sides but not both.
- chrisweekly 3y agoIf it's "both" someone somewhere messed up, if you're in the 99.x% of users not experimenting with aspect ratios or resolutions.
- lathiat 3y agoIt is both :) The problem is the black bars top And bottom are rendered into the video. I happen to have a 34” ultra wide which is the native aspect of the actual video. But I can’t actually watch it full screen. But only on paramount+. Works fine on Amazon.
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