For those of you who don’t know, 2.40:1 is super widescreen (a new high-def TV with 16:9 aspect ratio is 1.78:1). Check out the graphic comparting aspect ratios on Wikipedia, which describes 2.40 as:
35 mm anamorphic from 1970 onwards. Sometimes rounded up to 2.40:1[1] Often commercially branded as Panavision format or ‘Scope.
