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Definition of letter box in English: letter boxnoun 1British A box attached to an outside wall, or a slot in the door of a building, into which mail is delivered. she wrote a hasty reply and posted it through his letter box Example sentencesExamples - The photographer squats down and says something through the letter box, and the door opens about six inches and we all squeeze in.
- He said it was not foreseeable that leaving junk mail half in and half out of a letter box could cause this damage.
- I notice that they do not seem to lose the deluge of junk mail that comes through our letter box, which goes straight into our bin.
- The front door of the house and three other windows were blown out, and a letter box was also destroyed by the blast.
- Later, one of the council dog wardens brought in to look after animal welfare arranged for a slice of chicken to be pushed through the letter box of the front door.
- The council put a note through the letter box stating we are banned from parking outside our houses for the duration to speed up traffic.
- Do not leave keys within reach of the letter box or in a hiding place outside
- A lit firework was wedged in the letter box in the front door and blasted part of the door through the living room.
- He said the building had been fitted out with a letter box and kitchenette.
- A firework was pushed through the letter box of the building and set fire to items of mail, causing smoke damage to the building on Owen Road.
- There was no vehicle parked outside, there was no bang on the door and no card through the letter box.
- In Beverley, a firework was pushed through the letter box of a house and exploded in the box, causing damage.
- Walking down her long driveway, she paused briefly to check the mail in the letter box before continuing down to the sidewalk.
- Mike had done exactly as instructed and left via the front door putting the key through the letter box.
- I attracted a family of dusky flycatchers to an old letter box attached to a wall three metres or so off the ground.
- What did they do with the direct mail when it came through the letter box?
- The fire had been started by petrol being poured into the house through the letter box in the front door and the petrol being ignited.
- With no reply to a knock at the door, he looked in the letter box.
- Its only connection seems to be that it has a phone box in front, and a letter box set in the wall.
- After looking through the letter box the youth tried the front door and went inside the house.
2mass noun, usually as modifier A format for presenting widescreen films on a standard television screen, in which the image is displayed in approximately its original proportions across the middle of the screen, leaving horizontal black bands above and below. this uncut version is presented in letterbox format Example sentencesExamples - It is presented in a 1.85: 1 letterbox ratio and while the transfer is clean it is a little soft.
- While there is some minor technical noise toward the top left corner of the letterbox, the overall image is amazing.
- The size of the picture is scrunched into the so-called letterbox format - apparently it takes more time and money to create the real thing
- The DVD offers letterbox format, Dolby stereo and a lengthy interview with the real Mitnick.
- This means these viewers can see a little more of the picture, hinting at its true widescreen glory and imposing only a reduced letterbox effect.
- I never saw the miniseries when it originally aired, so I don't know if it was shown in this letterbox version, or if it has been slightly cropped on top and bottom for this DVD release.
- The special features are presented in a letterbox format (I hesitate to use widescreen in this case), though they are not anamorphic.
- Unfortunately, VOD probably won't offer movies in letterbox format with extra goodies like DVDs do.
- It is presented in letterbox, in a non-standard aspect ratio, probably pretty close to 1.66: 1.
- Early drafts of the screenplay are available on the internet and the film can be viewed in letterbox DVDs and videos that reproduce the dimensions of the original Panavision framing.
- The inclusion of the two trailers for the film is a nice touch, but they lose some points for full-screen presentation, even on the letterbox side of the disc.
- The whole game runs in letterbox format, adding to the already cinematic presentation.
- Everything about this show screams for that widescreen feel, so why no letterbox?
- The two-player split screen is cropped not at the front and bottom like letterbox but at the two sides vertically.
- There was no voice acting in the build we played; letterbox dialogue screens simply display the text.
- Naturally, you can pop in your DVD movies and watch them in 16: 10 widescreen letterbox format on the gorgeous LCD display.
- This is the second episode presented in a letterbox formant.
- So, even on a widescreen TV, you still get the letterbox effect.
verb with object Record (a widescreen film) on to video in letterbox format. the film has been released in a digitally remastered and letterboxed edition Example sentencesExamples - The 1.85: 1 letterboxed trailer is not merely of good technical quality, but an editing marvel of its type.
- It should be noted that, if you go into the game's options, you can try to fix the problem by letterboxing the screen so that the camera pans out.
- It took five minutes and three explanations of the dual layer process to discover that what he really wanted to know was if it was letterboxed, because he hated missing parts of the picture with those black bars.
- Unlike the series, this feature was letterboxed.
- The film comes through as 1.85: 1, but is letterboxed into 2.35: 1, something incredibly unfashionable in these days of plentiful anamorphic widescreen transfers.
- Miramax's Region 1 version possesses a pristine transfer, and is widescreen letterboxed in the aspect ratio 1: 1.66.
- The black and white image is letterboxed at 1.66: 1 (which appears to be the correct framing) and delivers a clean, bright picture with very good shadow detail.
- The deleted scenes are letterboxed, which leads me to wonder if the entire miniseries was originally intended to be presented in widescreen.
- Thin horizontal letterboxed shots play up moments of great significance.
- On larger screens (which became popular around the same time that letterboxed movies became available, which is probably not a coincidence) the image is quite tolerable.
- Although Café au Lait has been presented in its original 1.85: 1 aspect ratio, it is letterboxed rather than anamorphic.
- On the other hand, only the American Pie trailer is properly letterboxed.
- Unfortunately there were minor frame rate issues (which in a 2D game is pretty unacceptable, especially on a machine as powerful as N-Gage), and the screen is letterboxed by default, although this can be changed.
- Most of the clips from the Cinemascope films of the 1950s and 1960s are properly letterboxed.
- The opening credits sequence is letterboxed in a lovely 1.85: 1 aspect ratio to fit all the words on the screen, but the aspect ratio changes abruptly once the credits are over.
- The video transfer is slightly letterboxed and non-anamorphic, and looks about as ugly as any DVD I have ever seen.
- You have the choice of looking at these aquariums in anamorphic widescreen, letterboxed widescreen, or pan-and-scan.
- Note, however, that clips from widescreen films are not letterboxed, but are instead presented in pan and scan format.
- This can be done by either letterboxing it within a 1.33: 1 frame or panning and scanning it across a 1.33: 1 frame.
- I'm not certain how the film was actually shot, but my best guess is that it was filmed full-frame like a television movie, then letterboxed to afford it a more theatrical appearance.
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