1080P Movies not really 1080P

[deadsix]

So I've been getting 1080P movies for a while and I've been wondering why they aren't 1920x1080 instead usually 1920x800. Also is their any program in which I change the resolution to full 1080P with out a loss of quality.

[Totti]

From what i know you can not improve movie quality but only decrease it :\ tough luck on that front maybe i'm wrong though....

[beansis]

ppl are obsessed with widescreen . . .

[brilman]

ppl are obsessed with widescreen . . .

have to agree I myself don't think its that big of a deal (unless I have to go frame by frame to see that shot of the lady's :whistling ) but guess thats why they make porn.


ohh porn IN 1080P :sick: maybe I don't need to see that much detail.

[colt45joe]

So I've been getting 1080P movies for a while and I've been wondering why they aren't 1920x1080 instead usually 1920x800.


the movies are at 1080p quality.. so there is no need to reencode them or upscale them... the reason they are 1980x800 is because the encoders cropped off the black bars...take a look at this 1920x1080 (width x height) pic:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Inglourious%20Basterds/c1cde026.png

without the black bars, the image loses height... so it goes down to 800 or whatever..

[mr. nails]

ppl are obsessed with widescreen . . .

WS was the way to go be4 it was even widely available. no reason to watch a film the way it wasn't intended by the director.

[beansis]

widescreen pisses me off, half the goddamm screen is gone

even psp and ipod encoders insist on keeping the original resolution, its laughable

[djnoxious]

I dont go higher than 720p

[napalm1773]

I've come to the assumption that the uploaders who actually encode the movies tend to rip from a 1080p source and encode it into their own personal resolution. I usually play my movies using VLC media player and adjust the Aspect ratio to 16:9 (1920x1080).