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Re: Kim Wilde fans?

Thanks Nathan very informative

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

Teh Cyndi lauper current DVD which I was SOOOO excited to get is 4.3 = letterbox with the box around the picture. It's just S H I T !

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

Jason 'The Moderator'
Teh Cyndi lauper current DVD which I was SOOOO excited to get is 4.3 = letterbox with the box around the picture. It's just S H I T !
You mean the image of the videos is 4:3. But the way they have been encoded to disc is in 16:9, with the black pillarbox bars left and right part of the actual picture (and not fill-in bars, as when viewing a 4:3 disc on a 16:9 TV).

Because the whole picture (including the bars added) is 16:9, when you view it on a 4:3 TV, it is letterboxed. It then appears windowboxed (black bars left, right, top, bottom), because of the left & right bars being a part of the picture encoded onto the disc.

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

It looked like 4.3 with a box around it. Anyhow, the Cyndi Lauper DVD is ruined. I shouldn't have bought it.

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

Assuming it's a best of Cyndi Lauper DVD, i'd stick with the rage special from August 2004. I have it in 4:3 and amazing sound!

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

I have "Select" and "Catch As Catch Can" and the videos are 4:3, even " View From A Bridge" is 4:3 letterbox.

Re: Kim Wilde fans?

Brett
I have "Select" and "Catch As Catch Can" and the videos are 4:3, even " View From A Bridge" is 4:3 letterbox.
Sorry, to correct my post, it looks like the Kim Wilde music video's have been stretched or zoomed in from 1.33:1 ( 4:3) to 1.66:1 ( A widescreen TV is 1.77:1)