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Posted by Dave Plowman (News) on 04/22/06 16:33
In article <1145716920.770629.274830@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Frosty <cfrost3116NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote:
> When a production company makes a film or TV program then the
> cameraman, director and editor all know that nearly all TVs overscan by
> at least 3% to 5%. In otherwords they have a safe border round the edge
> of the picture where it doesn't matter if the light stand or mic is in
> shot; the TV overscan will cover it.
Total bollocks. I've worked in TV production for over 40 years and there
is no such thing as domestic cutoff for things which shouldn't be in shot.
You allow for this in the framing of important things, though. But even
then not all domestic sets are the same.
Actual films are different as they are masked on projection. But the TV
version should have this done on transfer. I have seen the odd one where
it wasn't with lots of rubbish in shot.
There is no excuse for any overscan on Plasma, LCD or DLP. It's done
simply to make the picture look 'bigger' in the showroom. CRT 16:9 sets
often cannot retain the geometry if you try and scan them correctly.
That's why most pro CRT monitors are still 4:3 even when used exclusively
on 16:9.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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