2013-05-03, 15:55
(2013-05-03, 05:55)gizmotoy Wrote: This is debatable. If the used visual area is unchanged (only black bars are removed), it's still considered a 1080p video. The actual height of the video is unchanged, useless areas are simply removed for compression. This makes sense when you consider that in this case a displayed 1038p and full 1080p video would be identical. In addition, 1038 isn't the only other valid option. There are several others based on the actual aspect ratio of the movie.
Just out of curiosity - how much space are you saving by ripping out 42 pixels? (ok technically 80,640) especially if they're just black as they should offer the maximum compression that you can get, e.g. pure, unchanging black.