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  1. Dennis Gallagher

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I assume you've perused Bob Furmanek's Aspect Ratio Documentation thread?
  2. Dennis Gallagher

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    Understood. I used to have a somewhat wonky masking system which some guy out in California engineered in his garage - and which never quite worked properly. With the new JVC I've ended up using a fairly simple drapery motor for the top mask and I DID have manual panels for the side masks but...
  3. Dennis Gallagher

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    The Internet's truly a wonderful thing; realizing that there are individuals out there far more obsessed with this kind of thing than I am. (FWIW - I have a JVC RS1000 projector and a 120 diagonal screen typically set for a "constant area" masking somewhere around 2:1. The projector has...
  4. Dennis Gallagher

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    Wow! Quite an assumption on this forum to think "we all" hated letterboxing. FWIW - my twelve year old self back in prehistoric times realized something was amiss when the opening credits of some movies on programs like NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies were shown with elaborate drawings...
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