IMAX ratio on 16:9 TVs

The film Sully was shot in part in IMAX or 1.90:1, but it was later cropped to 2.39:1 for Blu-ray. Would the IMAX ratio look funny on 16:9?

I'm having trouble picturing it. I never have been good at picturing aspect ratios in my head!

Will Dunkirk be cropped too?

Best Answer

Here's a comparison:

Red is 16:9 like an HD television. Blue is 1.9:1 like IMAX. Green is 2.39:1 which is what it was filmed at and what the Blu-ray DVD is displayed at. So for 1.9:1 you'd have some small black bars. On a 1920 x 1080 television, the black bars would be roughly 35 pixels on the top and bottom. For 2.39:1, the black bars would be roughly 276 pixels on the top and bottom.

Whether Dunkirk will be cropped or not is up to the studio that produced it.