Mirror/Echo Pillarboxing? Whatever it's called...

I can now create this effect in AviSynth.

*EDIT: nevermind... the sides are green for some reason.

#first download variableblur

DirectShowSource("H:\Capture7.avi")

Crop(162,0,-160,0)

Lanczos4Resize(960,720)

main=last

left=main.crop(0,0,-800,0,true).averageblur(7,3,3,3,3)

right=main.crop(800,0,0,0,true).averageblur(7,3,3,3,3)

StackHorizontal(left, main, right)

Once again my 2am Google searches yield the best results!

Thanks so much to everyone in this thread. I have to admit I like this effect more than plain-old black pillarboxing and stretch-o-vision. What's not to like? It keeps the original aspect ratio and fills the screen with something, pleasing grumpy old-timers looking for a full picture and calming those worried about burn-in.

It's not for everything (I'm still not going to do any funky resizing with video game clips), but for sports and certain TV shows, I don't have to be so easily reminded that I'm watching something way old.