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   Frank Linhares to Eric Oulashin   
   Re: Thought on Discovery   
   17 Jul 19 14:43:26   
   
   MSGID: 1:229/101 ad517fea   
   REPLY: 17345.fido_trek@1:340/7 2194ce7d   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
    EO> That's true..  I think the term 'letterboxing' might refer to widescreen   
    EO> movies displayed on a 4:3 screen, but I'm not sure if there is an   
    EO> official definition. And even on a widescreen TV, some widescreen movies   
    EO> have black bars on the top & bottom because the movie was filmed with a   
    EO> wider aspect ratio than the TV (which I think you were saying as well).   
      
   Letterboxing is when showing something wider than the screen such as 16:9 on   
   4:3 or cine 2.35:1 on 16:9.   
      
   Pillarboxing is when showing thing that isn't wide enough such as 4:3 on 16:9   
   or 16:9 on 2.35:1.   
      
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