letter box

Definition of letter box in English English dictionary: A mail slot; mail box, postal box; a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for; a private box for delivery of mail; public box for deposit of mail
letterbox: To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area
letterbox: a mailbox
letterbox: Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area
letterbox: A letterbox is a rectangular hole in a door or a small box at the entrance to a building into which letters and small parcels are delivered. Compare post box
letterbox: Filmology. To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area
letterbox: A technique for showing wide-screen movies on television that preserves the original aspect ratio by filling the top and bottom parts of the screen with black bars
letterbox: Image of a wide-screen picture on a standard 4: 3 aspect ratio television screen, typically with black bars above and below Used to maintain the original aspect ratio of the original source (usually a theatrical motion picture of 16X9 aspect ratio or wider)
letterbox: -refers to the image of a widescreen picture on a standard 4: 3 aspect ratio television screen, typically with black bars above and below It is used to maintain the aspect ratio of the original source (usually a theatrical motion picture of 16: 9 aspect ratio or wider)
letterbox: {i} video playback format in which the picture is displayed in the central portion of the screen with black bands at the top and bottom (so the wider film format will fit the dimensions of a TV screen)
letterbox: {f} (Video) display in letterbox format, display only across the center of a screen with black bands at the top and bottom (so the wider film format will fit the different dimensions of a TV screen);(British) mailbox, mail slot
letterbox: This process, which is used on many laserdiscs and some TV broadcasts, is used to achieve a widescreen image, where the image is considerably wider than standard NTSC fare The end result is a wider picture with black bands on the top and bottom of the screen, which reduces the overall resolution of the image Another option with greater detail, but is less widely used is anamorphically squeezing the picture Related: Common Aspect Ratios
letterbox: Allows you to see the full widescreen image as it was filmed and as the director intended by preserving the original widescreen aspect ration The letterbox format uses black stripes at the top and bottom of a TV screen to make up the difference in size between the aspect ratio of the program begin shown and that of the television screen
letterbox: If something is displayed on a television or computer screen in letterbox format, it is displayed across the middle of the screen with dark bands at the top and bottom of the screen
letterbox: A method of preserving the originally photographed aspect ratio of a production when presented on a monitor of differing aspect ratio This is accomplished by showing the full image and having black where no image exists (usually at the top and bottom)
letterbox: Filmology. Transfered to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area