Glossary: Anamorphic

Anamorphic describes the process of storing images at a different magnification in the horizontal and vertical planes. Particularly with DVD's this process is used to "squeeze" a wide aspect ratio (e.g. 16:9) into the native 4:3 ratio that standard DVD actually stores.

• AC-3
• Active Matrix
• Active Video
• ADC
• Addressable Resolution
• Aliasing
• ALIS
• Ambient Light
• ANSI
• ANSI Lumens
• Aperture
• Apochromatic
• Aspect Ratio
• Audio In and Out
• Authoring Systems
• AVI

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