I've got some company over right now for movies on my big screen. I'll try to reply tomorrow. I would start at http://www.projectorcentral.com. This is a great place to start on reading articles on some of your questions.

For getting rid of black bars of cinemescope movies on 16:9 screens you can zoom, but the sides will be chopped off. The best way is a constant height design using a 2.35 screen and anamorphic lens. It costs more to achieve but I will never go back...


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