Online Explanation of "Anamorphic"
 

Hey all,

I've tried searching, but this is maybe too specific. I know it's been posted here, or I've come across it somewhere else. There's a webpage that has a nice comprehensive explanation of what "anamorphic" means, with pictures illustrating it. I have Digital Bits' guide, but that's not the one I'm thinking of. I was trying to explain it to a friend, but failing miserably.

I figured you all would know what I mean. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Try this...it helped me:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/index.html

http://www.widescreen.org/index.shtml


http://www.widescreen.org/dvd_anamorphic.shtml

Great site. Had a question about anamorphic vs. non-anamorphic myself, so thanks for the help!

.. and another one: http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/information/anamorphic.htm

Here's mine on 1.66:1.

These are all good, thanks! The one I'm thinking of had some pictures illustrating that on a standard TV, you have x lines of resolution. When the movie is full screen, you take advantage of all of them, but when it's letterboxed, you use a much smaller amount of resolution. Or something like that. It then went on to explain that anamorphic solves this problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic

This is always a great site.

My favorite: World's Easiest Explanation of Anamorphic 16:9 Widescreen Enhancement in DVDs