aspect ratio

Been refreshing the BFI IMAX booking page every few days hoping a 70mm seat opens up, and I've given up, it's solid through the end of September. So the home release date matters more to me than usual. November 17 for 4K Blu-ray and digital, same day, US only for now. UK and Australia haven't...

Someone converting a stereo room into a 5.1.4 scope cinema says the last piece he is waiting on is a madVR to handle aspect ratio switching, after deciding he did not want to keep zooming the projector by hand. He started the conversion on 19 July, which is a quick turnaround for that much work...

There is a thread going round where someone describes losing hours to the Interstellar IMAX sequences on a flatscreen, and it reminded me of the one argument the TV side wins outright. Those expanded ratio scenes fill a 16:9 panel completely, edge to edge, and the switch in and out is the whole...

The 4K disc of Project Hail Mary is out and the way it handles aspect ratio is going to annoy a specific group of people here. The Earth-set flashbacks are 2.39:1. The mission scenes, which the reviews say make up most of the film, were shot for IMAX and sit at a screen-filling 16:9, with...