15th December 2003, 2:43 PM
Muh? 2.35:1 and 1.85:1 are just different aspect ratios used in films. You don't have to worry about that little detail.
All you need to know is that with regular tvs (4:3 aspect ratio), all widescreen DVDs are going to have black bars and you lose picture information, or vertical resolution. With widescreen digital tvs, anamorphic DVDs are stretched to fit the entire screen (but you will have some small black bars with 2.35:1 widescreen movies since widescreen tvs have an aspect ratio of 16:9) and you gain a lot of picture information.
All you need to know is that with regular tvs (4:3 aspect ratio), all widescreen DVDs are going to have black bars and you lose picture information, or vertical resolution. With widescreen digital tvs, anamorphic DVDs are stretched to fit the entire screen (but you will have some small black bars with 2.35:1 widescreen movies since widescreen tvs have an aspect ratio of 16:9) and you gain a lot of picture information.