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The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image. It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is shown on a widescreen display, or a narrower widescreen image is displayed within a wider aspect ratio , such as a 16:9 ...
Digital broadcasting allows 1.78:1 widescreen format transmissions without losing resolution, and thus widescreen is the television norm. Most television channels in Europe are broadcasting standard-definition programming in 1.78:1, while in the USA, these are down-scaled to letterbox. When using a 1.33:1 screen, it is possible to display such ...
Windowboxing (also called either "pictureboxing" or the "postage stamp effect") in the display of film or video occurs when the aspect ratio of the media is such that the letterbox effect and pillarbox effect occur simultaneously.
1856 type PB1/viii at the West Gate, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Audio description of a George V-era pillar box in Maida Vale by Sir Tony Robinson A pillar box is a type of free-standing post box.
14:9 pillarbox as broadcast in 16:9: the top and bottom of the image are cropped to 14:9, and black bars are added to either side. Another use is for material shot on a 4:3 format. When broadcast in 16:9, the top and bottom of the original frame are cropped to 14:9, and black bars (called pillarboxes) are added to either side. [1]
Letterbox/Pillarbox Category Type A&E: September 4, 2006: 1080i N/A: Entertainment: Cable ABC: September 16, 2001: 720p Pillarbox (2001–2016) Letterbox (2016–present) Broadcast AccuWeather Network: March 10, 2015: 1080i N/A: News: Cable Adult Swim: October 15, 2007: Pillarbox (2007–2013) Letterbox (2013–present) Entertainment Altitude ...
Without AFD, either a fixed letterbox or center-cut will be required on a station-by-station basis. A fixed letterbox will result in an undesirable windowbox (i.e., a combination of letterbox and pillarbox, also called "postage stamp") effect on SD originated programming. A fixed center-cut will result in loss of important picture content on ...
Typically, devices decoding Digital Standard-Definition pictures can be programmed to provide anamorphic widescreen formatting, for 16:9 sets, and formatting for 4:3 sets. Pan-and-scan mode can be used on 4:3 if the producers of the material have included the necessary panning data; if this data is absent, letterboxing or centre cut-out is used.