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On the Web
- Hong Kong Fanatic: Intro to Widescreen - Images showing various aspect ratios, demonstrating letterbox, pan-and-scan, and open-matte formats, explaining anamorphic DVDs, and comparing standard and widescreen TVs.
- The Letterbox and Widescreen Advocacy Page - Organization defending the visions and intentions of filmmakers. Aspect ratio explanations, examples comparing images of widescreen and pan-and-scan versions of many films, sound and video clips, and commentary.
- Widescreen Resources and Information - Example images of movies in widescreen and pan-and-scan or open-matte formats, pros and cons of the formats, and explanations of aspect ratios and filming processes.
- The Swedish Widescreen Pages - History of different widescreen formats and disadvantages of pan-and-scan.
- American Widescreen Museum - Widescreen and early movie color system history, illustrated with technical and non-technical information. Information on old color processes.
- Widescreen Advocate - Information resource for those wishing to participate in a grassroots education effort. Flyers, brochures, petitions, and list of DVDs not in original aspect ratio.
- Widescreen Museum - The Cinerama Wing - Illustrated history of the format, specifications, original reference materials, and filmography.
- Widescreen Information Page - Movie screenshots illustrating the benefits of viewing films in their original aspect ratios.
- Widescreen - London band. Includes gigs and sound files.
- New Leaf - Provide outside broadcast HDTV package including high definition and widescreen formats.
Wikipedia Articles
- Anamorphic widescreen - Anamorphic widescreen is a video technique that utilizes rectangular (wide) pixels to store a widescreen picture into standard 4:3 aspect ratio. It was originally devised for widescreen television sets with a 16:9 aspect ratio but not in use before the advent of DVD and DVB.
- American Widescreen Museum - The American Widescreen Museum is a virtual museum devoted to motion picture history, especially widescreen processes, early color cinematography, and the technical development of sound film. It has been online since 1997.
- Widescreen signaling - In television technology, widescreen signaling (WSS) is a digital stream embedded in the TV signal describing qualities of the broadcast, in particular the intended aspect ratio of the image. This can be used by a widescreen TV to switch to the correct display mode.
- Widescreen - A widescreen image is a film, computer, or television image with a wider aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the classical Hollywood cinema era. Silent film was projected at a ratio of four units wide to three units tall, often expressed as 4:3 or 1.
- Widescreen display modes - Widescreen televisions provide several modes for displaying video from 4:3 (standard aspect ratio) sources. These modes may be selected manually from a remote control, or automatically if an Active Format Descriptor is available.