what is pan-scan?

yeah. well. everything is said.
just curious what it is. might anyone help?

[Quietseb]

they say a good picture is better than a long sentence (more or less ;))

the red square in the picture below represents the part of the movie picture that would be shown in full pan&scan. custom pan&scan allows you to be less "drastic"



this picture was taken from Nicky Page's guides