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ANAMORPHIC VIDEO [2 records]

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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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Record 2 2003-11-19

English

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

Video images that have been "squeezed" to fit a video frame when stored on DVD.

OBS

These images must be expanded (un-squeezed) by the display device. An increasing number of TVs employ either a screen with 16:9 aspect ratio, or some type of "enhanced-for-widescreen" viewing mode, so that anamorphic and other widescreen material can be viewed in its proper proportions.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media (source code: MODIN) is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

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

Images vidéo comprimées pour occuper l'espace requis sur un DVD.

Spanish

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