02-18-02, 03:21 PM
If you're a movie buff, you know how it goes. If the TV network or cable channel presents a movie in it's original aspect ratio, you get something like this...
http://www.deepspacefranchise.net/topgun1.jpg
Oh, dear. The TV set must be broken. After all, there are these horrible black bars. Why, they must be blacking out part of the picture.
So, I present a possible solution:
http://www.deepspacefranchise.net/topgun2.jpg
No more annoying black bars. We have a informational crawl at the top of the screen, plus a promotional crawl at the bottom of the screen. And, since they can advertise in the bar, they can present the movie "without commercial interruption."
http://www.deepspacefranchise.net/topgun1.jpg
Oh, dear. The TV set must be broken. After all, there are these horrible black bars. Why, they must be blacking out part of the picture.
So, I present a possible solution:
http://www.deepspacefranchise.net/topgun2.jpg
No more annoying black bars. We have a informational crawl at the top of the screen, plus a promotional crawl at the bottom of the screen. And, since they can advertise in the bar, they can present the movie "without commercial interruption."