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Posted by dgates on 12/24/06 07:28
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:08:02 -0500, "Joshua Zyber"
<joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote:
>"dgates" <dgates@spamlinkline.com> wrote in message
>news:a5ero2dbfb8m1tu2cqc4h2ip2ammvto2vj@4ax.com...
>> I recorded Rosemary's Baby off an HD movie channel the other night.
>> Before using this recording to introduce it to my girlfriend, I'm
>> wondering about the ratios.
>>
>> My first thought, scanning a few scenes was "Hmm, does it look like
>> the left and right sides have been slightly lopped off?"
>>
>> However, checking IMDB, it says that the ratio is 1.66 to 1 -- which
>> would be *narrower* than our 16x9 TV.
>>
>> If that's the case, then how is this picture filling our 16x9 screen?
>> Is it being stretched? Are the top and bottoms being lopped off? Is
>> IMDB just wrong about the ratio?
>>
>> Scanning a couple of DVD sites, I see them referring to the film (or
>> at least the DVD) as 1.85:1. Not Netflix, which lists it as 1.66:1,
>> but a couple other DVD sites.
>>
>> Can anyone enlighten me? What will we be losing or gaining if we
>> watch this HD recording?
>
>A movie like Rosemary's baby would have been photographed with the
>intention of playing in Europe at 1.66:1 and in America at 1.85:1, and
>should have been protected for both ratios. A 16:9 transfer splits the
>difference. You're not missing anything that was seen in American
>theaters.
>
>A 1.66:1 movie can be viewed on a 16:9 TV in one of two ways. Either the
>top and bottom of the frame can be minimally cropped, or the picture can
>be pillarboxed with black bars on the left and right sides of the frame.
>The pillarbox bars would be so small that they'd be covered up by
>typical TV overscan anyway.
>
>I haven't seen the HD broadcast of Rosemary's Baby to know which it was.
>In either scenario, what you're getting is a perfectly valid
>representation of the movie.
Excellent! Thank you very much for the reply!
(Now, if I can just convince her that the film's cleverness outweighs
its scariness! :-)
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