Example Sentences

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His panoramic pans, taking in the vastness of the surroundings again and again, may give "pan-and-scan" a new, more positive meaning.

From The Verge • Dec. 4, 2015

But this ambitious, insolent and often funny movie deserves better than a muddy pan-and-scan DVD seemingly made from a TV print.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

The pan-and-scan technician moves optically over the film, creating tracking shots the director never intended; he can also delete, by necessity or miscalculation, vital pieces of visual information.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Richard Wolfe, 20th Century-Fox's vice president of engineering and video technology, insists, "My experience is that directors are not interested in the pan-and-scan transfer session."

From Time Magazine Archive