Illustrations - Secret Uses For 16:9 Cinema-Wide Receiver/Monitors
ProScan PS34190 Cinema Screen
Receiver/Monitor
Flat movie from normal video
release viewed in normal video mode:
Black object at top of frame is the microphone boom, which is
visible in the home but was not visible at the theater. Frame
from The Bad News Bears © Copyright 1976 Paramount
Pictures Corp.
Flat movie from normal video
release viewed in cinema Mode A:
Cropping in Mode A is superior, in fact nearly identical to the theatrical version of "flat" films made since 1953. Frame from The Bad News Bears © Copyright 1976 Paramount Pictures Corp.
Scope movie from letterbox video
release viewed in cinema Mode A:
Mode A blows up the letterbox image to the largest, uncropped viewing of the theatrical version on a 16:9 set. Frame from Braveheart © Copyright 1995 B. H. Finance C. V.
Scope movie from letterbox video
viewed in cinema Mode B:
Mode B blows up the letterbox image to fill the 16:9 screen's height, cropping the sides with little aesthetic damage. Frame from Braveheart © Copyright 1995 B. H. Finance C. V.
Super 35 movie from letterbox video
viewed in cinema Mode A:
Mode A blows up the letterbox image to the largest, uncropped viewing of the theatrical version on a 16:9 set. Frame from Apollo 13 © Copyright 1995 Universal City Studios, Inc.
Super 35 movie from standard video
viewed in normal 4:3 mode:
Standard video release adds height to the image, revealing a great deal of unessential detail below the theatrical frame. Frame from Apollo 13 © Copyright 1995 Universal City Studios, Inc.
Super 35 movie from standard video
viewed in cinema Mode A:
Mode A blows up the Super 35 image to the fill the 16:9 screen in a perfect compromise: filling the screen, eliminating black bars, preserving all essential visual information and cropping away some needless legroom. Frame from Apollo 13 © Copyright 1995 Universal City Studios, Inc.