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What is anamorphic?

April 26, 2017Anamorphic

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What is anamorphic?

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Anamorphic refers to widescreen (16:9) video that has been horizontally squeezed to fit the NTSC standard 4:3 ratio. The video stream can be flagged during the MPEG encoding process to trigger the correct playback ratio from your DVD.

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If the picture on your screen appears squished, you are watching an anamorphic picture intended for display only on a widescreen TV. You need to go into the player’s setup menu and tell it you have a standard 4:3 TV, not a widescreen 16:9 TV. It will then automatically letterbox the picture so you can see the full width at the proper proportions. Some discs are labeled with widescreen on one side and standard on the other. In order to watch the full-screen version you must flip the disc over.