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Originally Posted by MrVideo
Why would you want to stretch a 4:3 image to 16:9? That ultimately creates "short fat people." Even worse, blow up the image and center cut it.
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It doesn't stretch the picture. It takes a 16:9 segment out of the source and resizes it. So you lose some of the picture above and below the 16:9 window. You'd be surprised how you don't notice the sections that are lost. Sometimes it's better when you use WIDE_OFFSET to take more from the upper part of the original.
I use this sometimes to convert old 4:3 TV shows to 16:9. I typically use WIDE_OFFSET=85 so the centering is biased (by 15%) toward the top of the picture.
When you select this feature BD-RB makes all necessary adjustments and updates the CLPI and MPLS to reflect 16:9. It also sets aspect ratio information correctly when outputting to ALTERNATE formats.