Aspect Ratios...PC and TV, will it fill up?

[UHT]

Im encoding using gordian knot, and i was just wondering whether i should check the follow it-bu standard (or whatever it is exactly i forget) currently im watching my rips on my pc monitor and they look fine either way

but i intend to watch them on a widescreen television using a tv out gfx card in a few months...will de selecting this option cause the film not to fill the entire screen? i have noticed quite a few rips are very thin / wide pictures...

[manono]

The Mod asking a question? :)

My understanding is that you check that Follow The Standard box and a 1.85:1 movie will fill up the screen (wish I had a wide screen TV to test). Of course a 2.35:1 movie will leave small black bars on top and bottom, but those new-fangled TVs have a zoom feature which will allow you to cut off some of the sides and still fill the screen.

Good job you and digi1 did on the FAQ.

[UHT]

i dont claim to know everything....anyone who did would be a very foolish person :)

[rui]

Originally posted by UHT
i dont claim to know everything....anyone who did would be a very foolish person :)

Those must be the wisest words i ever read in a forum ;)

[Zhnujm]

just for interest, the black bars playing a 2.35:1 movie on a 16:9 tv are not really "small" ;) , but players or tv can always zoom in.

[hubereevez]

Yep,
sometimes videocars don't allow to zoom in or out like nvidia's.
Use tvtool v5 : you can zoom wherever you want....