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Old 05-01-2010, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post

When I said crop I meant resizing. The picture is compressed both in height and width to a ratio of 4:3 visually I'd say.
I'm sure you are just seeing an optical illusion due to sitting low down , but you may be right. I sometimes watch 16:9 stuff on my computer monitor stretched to 4:3 and it looks very odd indeed so I would be amazed if IMAX were deliberately distorting the aspect ratio for any reason

Its possible they are showing it at 4:3 but you would have a bit of left /right crop to achieve that without distortion of the film.

What my investigation is telling me is that the ReelD system used not by Imax ( using circular polarisation) gives a much cleaner image with no ghosting , and better depth perception. The 3D system used by IMAX is relatively old . I am considering to see it back at Greater Union for my second time and save $9 and big journey

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