Donald Larsson observes: >I think that there is a confusion of terms here. "Letterboxing" as I >understand the term usually refers to "preserving" the original >wide-screen format of a film. This usually makes for a smaller image >overall on the TV screen (since it is not as high as the screen--the >top and bottom will be black; in some older version, there are >arabesque curlicues or other designs on the top and/or bottom to fill >the void.) Sorry folks... got confused and inverted the terms 'panning and scanning' and 'letterboxing'. Swap 'em round and my previous post should hopefully make sense. L ------------------------------------ Leo Enticknap Technical Manager City Screen Cinemas (York) Ltd.. Coney St., York YO1 9QL. United Kingdom Telephone: 01904 612940 (work); 01904 673207 (home); 0410 417383 (mobile) e-mail: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite