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JaceTheAce
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Location: San Diego, CA
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: 1.78:1 or 1.85:1? |
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I'm making a second screen out of Parkland Plastics material. Since so many movies are 1.85:1, I am wondering if I should just make the screen 1.85 instead of 16:9 or 1:78:1 - that way any 1.78:1 movie can just overlap on my black felt... it's not much anyway. Your thoughts?
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jkruger
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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What is the number of the material you are going to use? It looks like they have several types.
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Person99
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Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Why bother with a 1.85 screen? The difference is so minial, get the max 1.78 you can.
Also, a CRT is not a fixed pixel device. You can set up your CRT with another memory block to blank the 1.78 overshoot (so no spill to border) or to pillarbox the 1.78 on a 1.85 screen (thereby not losing picture information). Just put "1.78" and "1.85" buttons on your universal remote to access the correct block.
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ecrabb
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Hmm... can you recall individual memory blocks on the 12xx, Dave? I didn't think you could. I never found it if you can (not that THAT couldn't happen!).
I agree, though - so little difference, I'd just set it up for 1.78. It makes things really easy - especially if you're using set-top sources (non-HTPC) and not using a scaler with AR control.
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Person99
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| ecrabb wrote: | | Hmm... can you recall individual memory blocks on the 12xx, Dave? I didn't think you could. I never found it if you can (not that THAT couldn't happen!). |
Ah, I didn't see the machine. Given the price/performance out there today, I figured everyone was using at least an 8" EM machine.  8)
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