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Record 1 2005-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

A video format that supports wide-screen displays by squeezing the wide-screen 16:9 video pictures stored on a DVD disc to the standard 4:3 rectangle of TV monitors, followed by their unsqueezing during playback.

OBS

This anamorphic squeezing results in less of the picture being wasted on the black letterbox mattes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Format vidéo pour l'affichage grand écran qui comprime les images vidéo 16:9 stockées sur un disque DVD au format 4:3 des écrans de télévision standards, puis effectue une décompression au moment de la lecture.

Spanish

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