Example: "War of the Worlds" DVD: "1.85 Theatrical Aspect ratio Enhanced for Widescreen TVs"

- for sw dvd players, you have to "ignore ratio" for 1.85:1 movies -

- otherwise, player will attempt to play it at 16:9 [1.78:1] -

but in both cases, the source video remains as 720x480:

NOTES:

• 1.85 : 1 = 888 x 480
• 16 : 9 = 853 x 480
  
  
• The stretch calculation: 720x480 MPEG-2 stream; multiply the vertical resolution (480) by the aspect ratio (16/9);
  e.g. 480*16/9=853 ; e.g. 480*

Another example, comparison of 1.85 (888x480) vs. 16:9 (853x480):

1.85:1 (waroftheworlds_480x888_ex2.jpg)

16x9: