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

Erica Sadun erica at mindspring.com
Tue Apr 1 21:26:56 PST 2003


>>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?
>Anyway, since I'm new to this, I am asking the naïve questions.

Lots of people watch on computers. My dad, for example, has
a DVD drive, but no set-top-unit.

Struggling for coherency, -- Erica



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