I see some of my movies say 4:3 and/or 16:9 Widescreen, what is the difference, and is one better then the other?
• To understand the answer to this question you may need to familiarize yourself with the different aspect ratios of DVDs. One of the better sites which discuss this are at the digitialbits found here: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/anamorphic185demo.html But once again, in simple terms, 4:3 refers to full screen or full frame. This means that on a standard Television, the picture will fill up the screen entirely. Some people are under the false impression that because the picture fills up their screen, it must better. This is incorrect, and full screen presentations of movies on DVD are actually not as good as 16:9. Again, this can get complicated and in great detail, but simply put, when a movie is filmed it is almost always filmed in a 1:85:1 or 2:35:1 aspect ratio. This ratio fits the movie screens at the theaters wonderfully and when the movie makes its way to DVD it can be digitally transferred leaving the original theatrical aspect ratio untouched. This allows
