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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. [1]

50 relations: Active Format Description, Analog television, Anamorphic format, Anime, Arcade game, Aspect ratio, Aspect ratio (image), Back to the Pilot, Cable television, Cable television headend, City Lights, CNBC, Commonwealth of Nations, Cropping (image), Display device, Display resolution, Electronic news-gathering, High-definition television, Image gradient, Image scaling, Index of articles related to motion pictures, Letterboxing (filming), Logo, Matte (filmmaking), Motion graphics, Naruto, News program, On-screen display, Overscan, Pan and scan, Pillar box, Plasma display, Program and System Information Protocol, Safe area (television), Screen burn-in, Sound-on-film, Standard-definition television, Television network, Television producer, Television set, Television show, Television station, Television studio, United Kingdom, Video scaler, Widescreen, Widescreen signaling, Windowbox (filmmaking), 14:9, 16:9.

Active Format Description

In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and active picture characteristics.

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Analog television

Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio.

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Anamorphic format

Anamorphic format is the cinematography technique of shooting a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen native aspect ratio.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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Aspect ratio

The aspect ratio of a geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions.

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Aspect ratio (image)

The aspect ratio of an image describes the proportional relationship between its width and its height.

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Back to the Pilot

"Back to the Pilot" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.

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Cable television headend

A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system.

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City Lights

City Lights is a 1931 American pre-Code silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin.

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CNBC

CNBC is an American basic cable, internet and satellite business news television channel that is owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, with both being ultimately owned by Comcast.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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Cropping (image)

Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image.

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Display device

A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).

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Display resolution

The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.

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Electronic news-gathering

Electronic news-gathering (ENG) is when reporters and editors make use of electronic video and audio technologies in order to gather and present news.

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High-definition television

High-definition television (HDTV) is a television system providing an image resolution that is of substantially higher resolution than that of standard-definition television, either analog or digital.

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Image gradient

An image gradient is a directional change in the intensity or color in an image.

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Image scaling

In computer graphics and digital imaging, image scaling refers to the resizing of a digital image.

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Index of articles related to motion pictures

The film industry is built upon a large number of technologies and techniques, drawing upon photography, stagecraft, music, and many other disciplines.

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Letterboxing (filming)

Letterboxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.

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Logo

A logo (abbreviation of logotype, from λόγος logos "word" and τύπος typos "imprint") is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.

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Matte (filmmaking)

Mattes are used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image.

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Motion graphics

Motion graphics are pieces of digital footage or animation which create the illusion of motion or rotation, and are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects.

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Naruto

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.

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News program

A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events.

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On-screen display

An on-screen display (abbreviated OSD) is an image superimposed on a screen picture, commonly used by modern television sets, VCRs, and DVD players to display information such as volume, channel, and time.

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Overscan

Overscan is a behaviour in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is shown outside of the visible bounds of the screen.

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Pan and scan

Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown in fullscreen proportions of a standard definition 4:3 aspect ratio television screen, often cropping off the sides of the original widescreen image to focus on the composition's most important aspects.

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Pillar box

A pillar box is a type of free-standing post box.

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Plasma display

A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display common to large TV displays or larger.

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Program and System Information Protocol

The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the MPEG (a video and audio industry group) and privately defined program-specific information originally defined by General Instrument for the DigiCipher 2 system and later extended for the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a television station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch by title and description.

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Safe area (television)

Safe area is a term used in television production to describe the areas of the television picture that can be seen on television screens.

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Screen burn-in

Screen burn-in, image burn-in or ghost image, colloquially known as screen burn, is a discoloration of areas on an electronic display such as a CRT display or an old computer monitor or television set caused by cumulative non-uniform use of the pixels.

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Sound-on-film

Sound-on-film is a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture.

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Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television (SDTV or SD) is a television system which uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high- or enhanced-definition.

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Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers.

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Television producer

A television producer is a person who oversees all aspects of video production on a television program.

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Television set

A television set or television receiver, more commonly called a television, TV, TV set, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers for the purpose of viewing television.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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Television station

A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to a receiver on earth.

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Television studio

A television studio, also called a television production studio, is an installation room in which video productions take place, either for the recording of live television to video tape, or for the acquisition of raw footage for post-production.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Video scaler

A video scaler is a system which converts video signals from one display resolution to another; typically, scalers are used to convert a signal from a lower resolution (such as 480p standard definition) to a higher resolution (such as 1080i high definition), a process known as "upconversion" or "upscaling" (by contrast, converting from high to low resolution is known as "downconversion" or "downscaling").

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Widescreen

Widescreen images are images that are displayed within a set of aspect ratios (relationship of image width to height) that is used in film, television and computer screens.

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Widescreen signaling

In television technology, widescreen signaling (WSS) is a digital stream embedded in the analog TV signal describing qualities of the broadcast, in particular the intended aspect ratio of the image.

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Windowbox (filmmaking)

Windowboxing (also called either the "postage stamp effect", "gutterboxing", or "matchboxing") 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.

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14:9

14:9 is a compromise aspect ratio of 1.56:1.

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16:9

16:9 (1.7:1) (16:9.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillarbox

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