Difference between revisions of "Letterbox format"
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Conventional television uses a 4:3 width to height ratio, while HDTV uses a 16:9 "wide screen" width to height ratio. Over time movies have used a variety of format but these are almost all variants of a "wide screen" format. When wide screen content is coverted for use on a convention 4:3 screen a section of the screen has to be selected for use or what is more commonly done is the content is converted to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterbox_format Letterbox] format with a black area at the top and bottom of the screen to compensate for the different ratio. Both YouTube and Revver use the conventional 4:3 ratio. | Conventional television uses a 4:3 width to height ratio, while HDTV uses a 16:9 "wide screen" width to height ratio. Over time movies have used a variety of format but these are almost all variants of a "wide screen" format. When wide screen content is coverted for use on a convention 4:3 screen a section of the screen has to be selected for use or what is more commonly done is the content is converted to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterbox_format Letterbox] format with a black area at the top and bottom of the screen to compensate for the different ratio. Both YouTube and Revver use the conventional 4:3 ratio. | ||
| − | In the | + | In the LG15 series, [[:Category:Bree's blogs|Bree's videos]] tend to use the conventional 4:3 ratio while many of [[:Category:Daniel's blogs|Daniel's videos]] have been formatted with the letterbox style. |
Revision as of 18:44, 5 December 2006
Conventional television uses a 4:3 width to height ratio, while HDTV uses a 16:9 "wide screen" width to height ratio. Over time movies have used a variety of format but these are almost all variants of a "wide screen" format. When wide screen content is coverted for use on a convention 4:3 screen a section of the screen has to be selected for use or what is more commonly done is the content is converted to a Letterbox format with a black area at the top and bottom of the screen to compensate for the different ratio. Both YouTube and Revver use the conventional 4:3 ratio.
In the LG15 series, Bree's videos tend to use the conventional 4:3 ratio while many of Daniel's videos have been formatted with the letterbox style.
