Originally posted by adrian _68+Aug 1 2005, 06:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (adrian _68 @ Aug 1 2005, 06:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--DrFrag@Jul 31 2005, 09:26 AM

(black borders cropped and aspect ratio fixed)
Thanks for the pic Dr. Frag. BTW, you mentioned aspect ratio isn't it? That is the number at the upper left corner, right? What's it for anyway and is there a way to remove them without using a photoediting software?[/b][/quote]
The number at the upper left corner was the clock.

It appears during childrens' television sometimes, and notably on the bootleg DVDs which were recorded off Japanese television. The picture above is from the official DVDs so there's no clock in the corner.
Aspect ratio is the picture shape. Normal television is 4:3 (that is, slightly wider than it is tall) and widescreen television is 16:9 (almost twice as wide as it is tall). The picture above is 700x392, which is a 16:9 ratio. However, it originally appeared stretched vertically (700 x four hundred and something). This is called Anamorphic, and normally digital television and DVDs squash the picture down to 16:9 so it looks right. The Australian DVDs of Astroboy are widescreen, so you get to see a bit more than the US version.
If you want to get rid of the clock in the corner (or a TV station logo), you could download the trail version of Paint Shop Pro. There's a "touch-up" button that allows you to smudge colours around and sometimes you can smudge the surrounding picture over the clock. Especially if it's over the sky or a blank wall or something easily smudgeable.
There are more advanced techniques but it's a bit too much to go into here.
