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CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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letterbox 
A wide-screen movie on DVD, laserdisc, or videotape presented in its original theatrical wide-screen width on a standard square 4:3 TV. The film is shown with black bars above and below the picture area to create the wider, theatrical image. Often used to indicate a nonanamorphic DVD.


   
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