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"The movies that play in virtual screens are native to the films’ aspect ratios, which can vary movie to movie, eliminating the black bars of “letterboxing” and

"The movies that play in virtual screens are native to the films’ aspect ratios, which can vary movie to movie, eliminating the black bars of “letterboxing” and “pillarboxing” you typically have on iPads, iPhones, or MacBooks." Then proceeds to show screenshots where more than 50% of the screen is background. Just because you decided to show cloud instead of black doesn't mean it's not letterboxing.

Terretta 2y ago
The screenshots are misleading. "Inside" an AVP watching a movie the corner to corner angle can exceed THX recommendation of 40 degrees. Doesn't seem like a lot until you hold a protractor up to your eyeball. And then you realize how much area falls outside that angle, surroundings you don't think about at the theater. The AVP has to render that unwatchable area for you as well, and it ends up in screenshots.
- unusualmonkey 2y ago
  You can do the same thing with any screen by holding it the appropriate distance. Keep in mind that all that unwatchable area is pixels that aren't being used to improve the movie image.
  - Terretta 2y ago
    > You can do the same thing with any screen by holding it the appropriate distance. Exactly! Commented earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41862459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41862459 > Keep in mind that all that unwatchable area is pixels that aren't being used to improve the movie image. Or maybe it's like the Philips Ambilight+Hue, that people swear adds immersion by letting content color the environment around it.
    - unusualmonkey 2y ago
      Lol, adding a hue is usually a crutch for a too small screen with lifted blacks... which doesn't paint the pro in a very positive light! Ironically by adding a gue to a nomral screen, you're effectively 'adding' pixels to the display... unlike the pro which wastes pixels on the 'hue' because many of them are not in the ideal viewing angle.

Terretta 2y ago

The screenshots are misleading. "Inside" an AVP watching a movie the corner to corner angle can exceed THX recommendation of 40 degrees. Doesn't seem like a lot until you hold a protractor up to your eyeball. And then you realize how much area falls outside that angle, surroundings you don't think about at the theater. The AVP has to render that unwatchable area for you as well, and it ends up in screenshots.

unusualmonkey 2y ago
You can do the same thing with any screen by holding it the appropriate distance. Keep in mind that all that unwatchable area is pixels that aren't being used to improve the movie image.
- Terretta 2y ago
  > You can do the same thing with any screen by holding it the appropriate distance. Exactly! Commented earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41862459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41862459 > Keep in mind that all that unwatchable area is pixels that aren't being used to improve the movie image. Or maybe it's like the Philips Ambilight+Hue, that people swear adds immersion by letting content color the environment around it.
  - unusualmonkey 2y ago
    Lol, adding a hue is usually a crutch for a too small screen with lifted blacks... which doesn't paint the pro in a very positive light! Ironically by adding a gue to a nomral screen, you're effectively 'adding' pixels to the display... unlike the pro which wastes pixels on the 'hue' because many of them are not in the ideal viewing angle.