Film Formats Widescreen
You have found the way to Widescreen on Film Formats:
Hong Kong Fanatic: Intro to Widescreen - Images showing various aspect ratios, demonstrating letterbox, pan-and-scan, and open-matte formats, explaining anamorphic DVDs, and comparing standard and widescreen TVs.
In 70 mm - Newsletter about 70mm cinemas, films, history and technology.
The Letterbox and Widescreen Advocacy Page - Organization defending the visions and intentions of filmmakers. Aspect ratio explanations, examples comparing images of widescreen and pan-and-scan versions of many films, sound and video clips, and commentary.
Letterbox Format Explanation - Images demonstrating the various formats in which movies are displayed.
Ryanwright.com - Flash animation demonstrating the pan-and-scan and letterbox processes.
The Swedish Widescreen Pages - History of different widescreen formats and disadvantages of pan-and-scan.
Widescreen Advocate - Information resource for those wishing to participate in a grassroots education effort. Flyers, brochures, petitions, and list of DVDs not in original aspect ratio.
Widescreen Information Page - Movie screenshots illustrating the benefits of viewing films in their original aspect ratios. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.