WideScreen 3:1

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WideScreen 3:1

I like WideScreen 3:1.

I think 1.78:1 (16:9) and 2.21:1 is often letterboxed into PAL
720x576 (NTSC 720x480) DVD frame or the bigger HD-
DVD / BluRay DVD frame.

But with 3:1 it is difficult to keep HD quality when letterboxed
into standard DVD frame, are there any other options other
than letterboxing into 1920x1080 HD-DVD frame.

I guess the HD-DVD and BluRay DVD Players use
1920x1080 nothing larger?

Will Windows Movie Maker Vista edit in 3:1 and export
ready for HD-DVD but at 3:1 letterbox?

 

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Ok, 3:1 WideScreen video fans, it appears that you will not
get any answers on a Windows newsgroup, there are some
CinemaScope folks over at Mac, BSD and Linux forums,
Mac seems most AV friendly, most TV post production
companys use Mac's.

The simple answer is maximum HD or BluRay DVD frame
size so far (2006) is 1920x1080, thats what the hardware
DVD players are designed for, so CinemaScope (2.66:1) or
3:1 WideScreen video has to be letterboxed into this, until a
new DVD format is developed, which some opinion
suggests is unlikely to happen for at least 4 years (2010), or
even at all, as time is needed to allow HD and BluRay DVD
to get market share.

It appears unlikely that Vista (final) Movie Maker will edit and
export in 3:1 WideScreen for HD DVD letterboxing. Most
WideScreen 3:1 promotional and conference videos are
usually done on Mac's not Windows Machines.

Note: CinemaScope projection is different to 3:1 Video on
Home Theatre (Video) Projection Systems which normally
don't have anamorphic lenses.

CinemaScope was a wide-screen process using
anamorphic lenses in photographing and projecting the film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope
"CinemaScope was a widescreen movie format used from
1953 to 1967. Anamorphic lenses allowed the process to
project film up to a 2.66:1 aspect ratio, twice as wide as the
conventional format of 1.33:1 (4:3). Although the lens system
that CinemaScope employed was quickly made obsolete by
technological developments, the anamorphic presentation
of films that CinemaScope initiated in the 1950s has
continued to this day."

Note, you can screen CinemaScope and 3:1 WideScreen
video on most home theatre video projectors the frame is
just letterboxed into you projection 1.78:1 (16:9) frame
usually, but to the home viewer audience its the same feel
as true CinemaScope move theatre.