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----------------------------------------------------  The.Book.Thief.2013.1080p.BluRay.DTS.x264-PublicHDhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/ Rating .............: 7.7/10 from 18,659 users Screens.............: $105,005 (USA) (10 November 2013) (4 Screens) Genre ..............: Drama | Music Date ...............: February 27 2014 Runtime ............: 2hr 10m Size ...............: 11.3GB Video ..............: 1920x800 Bitrate ............: 10700kbps (x264 High@L4.1) Audio 1.............: English DTS 5.1 Ch 1510 kbps Chapters............: Yes Source .............: 1080p.BluRay.AVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-PublicHD Subs ...............: English English Forced Spanish French Portuguese Russian Arabic Bulgarian Croatian Czech Estonian Greek Hebrew Hungarian Icelandic Latvian Lithuanian Polish Romanian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Turkish UkranianS C R E E N S :     Related Torrents
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2.40:1 is what's called an "Aspect Ratio". This means for every 2.4 pixels along the width of the image, there's 1 pixel along the height of the image.
(why 2.40 and not just say 2.4:1? Because some aspect ratios are 2.35:1 or 1.33:1. So convention used is tenths and hundredths place to the right of the decimal in all reporting of an aspect ratio)
So - you have a screen that's 1080p. That means you have 1080 lines of resolution along the height of the screen. Because of this, the math that's used in HD for widescreen format is 16:9. So it's 1920 lines of vertical resolution across the screen.
(But Chris - you just said tenths and hundredths for aspect ratio! You're right - when using X:1)
If a movie is to be full screen HD (think broadcast TV in the US where you have the full picture used up like on CSI or The Voice) then it's 1080p which is 1920x1080.
However, to provide a more sweeping image for the theatrical experience (and we can have a dialog about 70mm, 35mm, IMAX, VistaVision, Cinerama, etc. another day) the aspect ratio that many directors choose is 2.40:1 (ok, 2.39:1 is technically what it is and you will see used in most materials but getting that little shaved bit of a pixel in a digital format where you are not able to splice a pixel in segments with current technology on today's televisions (Maybe with 4k or other VERY HIGH END technology) so what is done is a little filler with black is used to fill out that pixel.
BUT WHY IS THE RELEASE I DOWNLOAD AT 1920x800?
To trim the size down, the "black bars" that are used to fill in the area above and below the image are cropped out. Your screen fills in the empty space with... well, empty space. At least, it's the empty space that's within the TV. The signal says "I'm 800 pixels high" and the TV says "I'm 1080 pixels high. Guess I'll center you and leave the top and bottom alone and turn the pixels off there (aka making it black)."
Think of it as going to the butcher shop and getting a nice juicy steak. There's fat on the steak and the butcher trims the fat so you get the tasty steak and you're not paying for the fat. Same thing here.
If you're reading this and thinking "Hey, what about 720p?" - that's 1280x720 (still 16:9 ratio) - lower resolution but still HD - just low-end. Used to be where going to the store you could buy a 720p screen and save hundreds of dollars vs. a 1080p screen. Nowadays it's a difference of maybe 50 bucks and you typically see those screens being sold cheap during the holiday shopping season. Most folks don't care as long as it's a new TV.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE COOL MENUS? WHY DON'T I GET THEM WHEN I DOWNLOAD?
Well, those have the "extras" such as behind the scenes features, promotional materials, trailers, etc. Once again, to "trim the fat", those are not included.
IMHO, if you're downloading a movie instead of spending $10 - $20 US and buying a legit copy, then you don't have room to bitch. Besides, many movies with all of those extras? Those are on BD-50 (Blu-Ray Disc-50 GB) discs, which are REALLY EXPENSIVE. Sure, you can compress stuff down and squeeze things onto a BD-25 but is your time really worth it? After 4 hours of screwing around with compression, burning and transferring (and praying the burn went right because you gotta use a new disc if not)do you feel like you have saved anything?
WRAP IT UP, WILL YA?
There's folks that will upload a 40 - 50 GB file that is an exact copy. Go ahead, knock yourself out. Spend $10 for a single, decent BD-50 and then buy the pretty Blu-Ray case and insert... have fun with that very slow download that has maybe 10 seeders if you're lucky.