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Originally Posted by J Harker  How does open matte 4:3 work? Forgive my ignorance.
I've switched between 16:9 and 16:9 full and they look identical.
I'm surprised it doesn't just play in standard 4:3 like virtually every 4:3 disc I've got. |
It's basically this image on your screen. Black bars at the sides, none top or bottom.
Sounds like your tv is basically zooming in and cropping the image top and bottom to create a widescreen image. Some early Hammer films were shot open matte and then zoomed in for widescreen viewing.