Does this feature exist in current HDTV models: automatically detect letterboxed shows broadcast in standard definition and expand them to fill the whole screen? [more inside]
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Mar 28, 2009 - 7 answers

Help me fix the aspect ratio of this .MOV video, please! It's an emergency! [more inside]
posted by Faint of Butt on Apr 30, 2008 - 15 answers

Every flat-panel TV I've watched at other folks' houses or in showrooms seems to me to be distorting DVD movies; they always looked slightly stretched horizontally. [more inside]
posted by dpcoffin on Apr 16, 2008 - 18 answers

When I change the pixel size in Adobe Premiere Pro...why doesn't it change? [more inside]
posted by Flying Saucer on Apr 17, 2007 - 3 answers

(The original) The Shining: filmed on a 1.37:1 negative for display on a 1.33:1 TV or matting to 1.85:1 in theater (see 1, 2, 3 and many other sources). So why does my PC's DVD player grab screenshots at 1.50:1? [more inside]
posted by Tuwa on Sep 30, 2006 - 15 answers

How did "classic" arcade displays evolve? [more inside]
posted by Mr. Six on Jun 4, 2006 - 14 answers