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Culturedog Sam Hatch is back with another in-depth LaserDisc video, this time delving into controversial “aspect ratio” issues concerning watching old media on modern HDTVs.
Letterboxing, pillarboxing, windowboxing, zooming and stretching – there’s a lot to unpack in the deceptively complex art of viewing “widescreen” LDs on “widescreen” televisions.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:10 Fun With Shapes
8:56 Letterboxing
12:46 Enter HDTV
18:59 Widescreen Laserdisc
22:52 Zoom-A Zoom Zoom
29:05 Squeeze LDs
36:04 Aspect Ratio Police
Cheers to the creative folks in the LaserDisc Forever Facebook group for generating the many memes used in this video!
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Intro music: "Anger Mgmt." by Sever the Drama.
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