True Wide-Screen with Digital Video?

skyman8081 asks: "Have anyone had any luck getting DV footage to use a 2.35:1 Cinemascope aspect ratio? The wide-screen functions built into most video cameras are all 1.77:1, which is not what I am looking for. And the only anamorphic lenses for DV cameras are 1.85:1. Matting it out to make it fit 2.35:1 would not be an option as that would cause detail to be lost in the total image in the process, which would be very noticeable when you are working with Standard Definition of 720/480 and not the High Definition resolution of 1920/1080. So, how does one get the wider Cinemascope aspect ratio on a DV camera without sacrificing detail?"

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Re:Wide-screen or short-screen?

[iainl]

" Why do people call short-screen formats wide-screen?"

Because cinema screens are (or at least used to be, before cheap-ass multiplexes ruined everything) fixed height, not fixed width. Therefore Widescreen is wider than Academy. The shape of your television is irrelevant.