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Pillarboxing is the vertical equivalent of (horizontal) letterboxing and goes by several names, including reverse letterboxing, curtain boxing, or postcarding. Pillarboxing is derived from its resemblance to pillar box –style mailboxes used in the UK and the Commonwealth of Nations .
Window-boxing occurs when an image appears centered in a television screen, with blank space on all four sides of the image, [9] [10] such as when a widescreen image that has been previously letter-boxed to fit 1.33:1 is then pillar-boxed to fit 1.78:1. It is also called "matchbox", "gutter box", and "postage stamp" display.
However, letterboxing never ensured that the TV displaying it was showing the full image, just that it was present in the signal, while anamorphic enhancement on DVDs was designed to maximize the resolution used by widescreen films on the format, again with no compensation for overscan. [citation needed]
A letterbox by Alec Finlay, with a rubber stamp poem: "There is a fork in every path". Letterboxing is an outdoor hobby that combines elements of orienteering, art, and puzzle solving. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly accessible places (like parks) and distribute clues to finding the box in printed catalogs, on one of ...
9 Reverse Letterboxing. 2 comments. 10 "Patterned" pillarboxing. 3 comments. 11 Merge discussion. 2 comments ...
Ayo Edebiri is not worried about what fellow celebrities might say after seeing her Letterboxd reviews. “I’m a comedian. Anything I say online, I think I would say to somebody’s face,” she ...
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1440p video mastered from 4:3 ratio content can be displayed with 1920×1440 or higher resolution such as QXGA or 2304×1440 with scaling, windowboxing, or pillarboxing. Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio 1440p requires 2560×1440 ( WQHD ) resolution, possible with WQXGA , 2560×1920, or higher resolution with letterboxing , scaling, or windowboxing.