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Posted by Biz on 11/12/05 17:37
"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:IpuLyG.n2v@wjv.com...
> In article <ekm8n11u8ic1gadkrq9lpldmgbvpgacbre@4ax.com>,
> John Harkness <jharkness@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:38:59 -0800, Walter Traprock
> ><wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Note that it is standard practice when preparing full screen
> >>transfers of soft matted films to ZOOM within the full frame,
> >>thus losing substantial parts of the left and right sides of the
> >>theatrical presentation; there being no truly full frame
> >>transfer. Now, how often, or, is it also standard, to prepare
> >>widescreen versions for home video that were ALREADY prepared
> >>as full screen versions for TV/video, thus actually cropping
> >>all four sides for a correct aspect ratio but zoomed widescreen
> >>picture? The vast majority of films from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s
> >>are soft-matted, and first transfered for TV/video without any interest
> >>in retaining the widescreen theatrical ratio, and the world of film
> >>transfering is so secretive; IS IT SAFE to assume that no new
> >>transfer is generally made at all, and older movies are simply
> >>the ZOOMED IN un-matted frame and then further cropped to make
> >>the resulting widescreen versions that are widescreen but
> >>reduced on all four sides from the theatrical version?
> >
> >
> >It's never safe top assume anything, and it's certainly not safe to
> >assume what you're claiming.
> >
> >I wont' say that it's never happened, but I can't think of any
> >widescreen films of that era that I've seen both theatrically and on
> >DVD that have been transferreed in the manner you describe.
>
> And I have at least on film where the LD WS tranfer is slightly
> wider than the DVD WS transfer. And the color-timing on the DVD
> is poor compared to the LD. But the width is close - so you have
> to look closely to see the differences.
>
> There are those who will never be happy until they can see the
> frame line of the film at the top and the perfs at the side. :-)
>
> And I understand there are a handfull of DVD players that let you zoom out
> so you can see what is actually on the disk - as many players tend to
> crop a bit internally.
So if you have at least one title, cant you at least do the courtesy and
list what it is for others?
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