[MacDV] Re: DVD player/TV crops my DVD-R

[Erica Sadun]

At 9:01 PM -0500 4/1/03, Jim Asherman wrote:
>On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 08:15  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:
>
>>>720x480 I believe.
>>
>>Square pixels
>>720 x 480 NTSC
>>720 x 576 PAL
>>
>>Rectangular pixels
>>640 x 480
>>768 x 576
>>
>>TV Safe -5% overall
>>Title Safe -10% overall
>>
>>FYI, -- Erica
>>
>>>
>
>
>Cheez and crackers Erica I sure don't wanna get in this with you but 
>that doesn't sound right.  I mean right off NTSC is rectangular not 
>square right?
>and Computers are square which is why the 640 goes to 720 when you
>rectangularize it. Right? That's why they tell you to work taller 
>than 480 and then
>squish it top to bottom right?
>This has been an issue many times especially when I had the Toaster 
>which is rectangular native, and I know i have a twisted 
>perspective. (LOL)

Rectangular pixels are wider, not taller.

-- Erica