Definizione monolingua

letterbox

letterbox (third-person singular simple present letterboxes, present participle letterboxing, simple past and past participle letterboxed)

1. (film) 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 (plural letterboxes)

1. a mailbox

letterbox (not comparable)

1. (film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.

Definizione dizionario letterbox

	formato 16:9
	A video display format in which black bars appear above and below the video image while it is played. The letterbox format maintains the original aspect ratio of an image when it is displayed in a window with a different aspect ratio.

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Altri significati:

(film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.

a mailbox

(film) 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.