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

[Steven Rogers]

On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 10:06 PM, James A. Murray wrote:

>> I am not sure what you are seeing but whether you use iMovie or Final 
>> Cut or whatever you are always going to see more of the edges on the 
>> program screen than on the TV.
>> Always.
>> That is why they provide the title box indicators in the first place..
>
> I guess what I'm wondering, is why does iDVD even pretend that the 
> data outside the TV safe box might be visible?  Why not just show only 
> the TV safe area, since people mainly watch DVDs on TVs, right?

Because the amount that gets cropped off is different on every TV. Some 
newer TVs show almost the entire image. Some older TVs might even cut 
off some of the "safe" area.

SR