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Is there Full Frame anamorphic 16 by 9 Enhancment??
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwidescreenforever
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Most often if not always Full Frame looks awkward and visually squeezed when put into a 'zoom' mode on a 16 by 9 monitor. But I have come across a few DVD titles that are 1:33 in nature, and look absolutlely wonderful in "1:78' mode...  Which made me wonder about these releases as being  i.e. "anamorophic-- 'Full frame/ Pan & Scan "  .. Is there such an animal??
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Simply no.

All dvd's are formatted to fit into a 4:3 frame. If its a 4:3 (full frame) movies/tv show then that's fine. Nothing has to happen.

If its say a 2.:35:1 and non-anamorphic then, it still has to fit into that 4:3 frame so you get black bars at the top and bottom. If its anamorphic, then the picture is compressed width wise using some magic and the dvd player/tv expand it back.

Some tv's cope better at making 4:3 shows 16:9 than others. My last crt tv, was awful, but my plasma is pretty good. Still I prefer 'original aspect ratio' even on my 16:9 display.

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There is something close though.
I remember seeing a copy of the John Wayne film "Sands of Iwo Jima" on DVD, and the DVD was 16:9 anamorphic but the image had been pillarboxed (black bars on the sides) so the visual image was full frame 4:3.
Moral of the story: stop stretching - it's just wrong! 
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It has been used on occasion, but because it degrades the picture for 4:3 televisions it's not used much--and makes little sense.
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