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I've started seeing this recently in contributions too. Not sure what to think. Blu-rays aren't anamorphic, so it's obviously referring to the DVD copy. I'd rather it not say anamorphic myself.

Not sure what this means. I use an external scaler and it needs to be set to anamorphic for all Blu-Ray's so far. So based on that I'd say all Blu-Rays are anamorphic.

No they're not. All Blu-rays are set at 1920x1080 pixels and no scaling is involved.

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No they're not. All Blu-rays are set at 1920x1080 pixels and no scaling is involved.

Is SD content on Blu-ray actually encoded in 1920x1080 or is it scaled up by the player?

Still, even if it is scaled up from anamorphic SD, it's only used for bonus materials and should not mark the profile as anamorphic.

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No they're not. All Blu-rays are set at 1920x1080 pixels and no scaling is involved.

Is SD content on Blu-ray actually encoded in 1920x1080 or is it scaled up by the player?

Still, even if it is scaled up from anamorphic SD, it's only used for bonus materials and should not mark the profile as anamorphic.

SD content is encoded at the usual 720x480p for NTSC or 720x576p for PAL. Just like DVDs, it can be anamorphic widescreen, letterboxed widescreen, or just regular 4x3 depending on the source. The SD material is scaled by the player. Some Blu-rays (for example, everything by Criterion) feature upscaled versions of older SD extras in 1080i.

I agree that because anamorphic only applies to SD material, it shouldn't be checked off for Blu-ray profiles since the main feature would be in HD.

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I say tick. If I generate a list of all non-anamorphic DVDs, it shouldn't include releases anamophic combo packs.

IMO that isn't a good reason to tick it, you can also include DVD only in your query if you don't want blu-rays included.

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I say tick. If I generate a list of all non-anamorphic DVDs, it shouldn't include releases anamophic combo packs.

You are free to do so locally, and since reports are generated based upon local data...

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I am seeing contributions changing the is removing the Anamorphic tick box on the parent profiles siting this thread as one to do so.

But, when I read this thread I don't see that this issue is clear.

It is my understanding the the parent needs to contain all the data because child profiles are optional. So, I will be voting "no" on the removal of Anamorphic data from the parent.

If this is incorrect - please post rationale that will show me that my understanding is not correct.

On the first page

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=649083&PageNum=1&messageID=2002121#M2002121

Although it could be more specific it is clear on BD/DVD combo's that the parent profile is the HD content and since Blu-ray is not anamorphic.

We don't merge audio for the DVD, why would we do the video format

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I am seeing contributions changing the is removing the Anamorphic tick box on the parent profiles siting this thread as one to do so.

But, when I read this thread I don't see that this issue is clear.

It is my understanding the the parent needs to contain all the data because child profiles are optional. So, I will be voting "no" on the removal of Anamorphic data from the parent.

If this is incorrect - please post rationale that will show me that my understanding is not correct.

Sorry Kathy, your reasoning is incorrect . So you can vote "yes" to removal of the anamorphic check. 

Firstly, because the rules say the MAIN media type disc prevails, which is always the BluRay disc in a combo. And BluRay movies aren't anamorphic. As scooter says, we are not merging from secondary media types.
Secondly, the Bluray/DVD combo's were presented as a marketing ploy. Initially for DVD owners so when they would buy a BluRay player they'd already had upgraded to the best disc for the feature movie. Later on it was presented as a solution for secondary displays (think the PC laptop, the DVD screens for the kids in the back of the car) that did not have a BluRay player. Either way, it is obvious that the BR disk is the main media disc in the combo package.
Finally, compare it with BluRay3D/BluRay(/DVD) combo packages. The content of the BluRay 3D disk prevails, even when the also present '2D' BluRay contains more audio tracks, subtitles and/or bonus material. Though adding a child profile is (to date) not mandatory, the child profile for the secondary disk(s) can be correct in any additional features/tracks/subtitles/[NTSC/PAL]/anamorphic etc.

What has been said and it is perfectly clear. Doing it under box or tv rules makes no logical sense. That is why I told ace he is free to do what he wishes...locally.