About HD-DVD/Blu-Ray resolutions

HD-DVDs and Blu-Rays are different that DVDs. There is no anamorphic stretching at all. Each frame is 1.85:1 aspect ratio, so movies that are shot in 1.85:1 use the entire resolution. But 2.35:1 movies are once again subject to black boxes present on the disk. This is an even more inexcusable omission than for DVDs, given the budding popularity of 2.35:1 screens. 2.35:1 screens? What is that? Well, go to the next section to find out!