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  | 1.78:1  || ||  ||  || Used for films that originated on video. Equivalent to 16x9. Films printed in 1.78 may be scaled down to fit in the 1.85 image area with pillarboxing.
  | 1.78:1  || ||  ||  || Used for films that originated on video. Equivalent to 16x9. Films printed in 1.78 may be scaled down to fit in the 1.85 image area with pillarboxing.
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  | 1.85:1  || Flat || 1953 || || Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted
  | 1.85:1  || Flat || 1953 || || Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted.
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  | 2.00:1  || Superscope || c.1954 || || A short-lived anamorphic that employed the same 2:1 anamorphic squeeze as CinemaScope, but utilized a narrower portion of frame. The image is centered on the full 1.33 frame, so it lacks the horizontal offset of other optical sound formats and the lateral alignment must be adjusted for projection.
  | 2.00:1  || Superscope || c.1954 || || A short-lived anamorphic that employed the same 2:1 anamorphic squeeze as CinemaScope, but utilized a narrower portion of frame. The image is centered on the full 1.33 frame, so it lacks the horizontal offset of other optical sound formats and the lateral alignment must be adjusted for projection.
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