ARC130S SECTION
4
ARC130S 060801 Version 1 Issue 1
4.5
CONVERSION DESCRIPTION NOMENCLATURE
Front panel*
Designation
BBC Notation*
Full Description
Aspect
Value
Size
Value
1.77F>FH
16F16 > 12F12
16:9 Anamorphic picture to full height 4:3
picture for presentation on a 4:3 screen (left
hand and right hand edges of original 16:9
image are cropped
1.333
1.000
1.85L>FH
1.85:1 Letterbox picture to full height 4:3
picture with left hand and right hand edges of
original 1.85:1 image cropped
1.000
1.388
1.66L>FH
15L12 > 12F12
15:9 letterbox picture to full height 4:3 picture
with left hand and right hand edges of original
15:9 image cropped
1.000
1.250
1.55L>FH
14L12 > 12F12
14:9 letterbox picture to full height 4:3 picture
with left hand and right hand edges of original
14:9 image cropped
1.000
1.167
1.77F>LB
16F16 > 16L12
16:9 Anamorphic picture converted to 16:9
letterbox picture for presentation on 4:3 screen
(black bars above and below image)
1.333
0.750
1.85F>LB
1.85:1 Anamorphic picture converted to 1.85:1
letterbox picture for presentation on 4:3 screen
(black bars above and below image)
1.388
0.721
1.66F>LB
15F15 > 15L12
15:9 Anamorphic picture converted to 15:9
letterbox picture for presentation on 4:3 screen
(black bars above and below image)
1.250
0.800
1.77F>1.55L
16F16 > 14L12
16:9 Anamorphic picture converted to 14:9
letterbox picture for presentation on a 4:3
screen (black bars above and below image and
right hand and left hand edges of picture
slightly cropped)
1.333
0.857
4:3>Cur
12F12 > 12P16
4:3 image converted to 4:3 pillarbox/curtains
image in 16:9 anamorphic. (4:3 horizontally
squeezed image with black bars to left and
right of output)
0.750
1.000
1.55>Cur
14L12 > 14P16
14:9 letterbox picture in 4:3 converted to 14:9
pillar-box/curtains image in 16:9 anamorphic
(14:9 horizontally squeezed image with 1:9
black bars to left and right of output)
0.750
1.167
4:3>FW
4:3 image anamorphically squeezed and
scaled up to fill full 16:9 width. Top and bottom
of original 4:3 image cropped at output
0.750
1.333
1.77L>1.77F
16L12 > 16F16
16:9 letterbox in 4:3 converted to 16:9
anamorphic full height image
0.750
1.333
* For a detailed explanation of the these code specifications please refer to Section 6
“Aspect Ratio Technical Codes for Video and Picture Sources”
