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Posted by M.I.5 on 01/08/07 07:47
"M.I.5" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Sean Black" <sean@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> In article <459d0484$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>, M.I.5
>> <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> writes
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>>>"Sean Black" <sean@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>> In article <459cc05c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>, M.I.5
>>>> <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> writes
>>>>>
>>>>>"Joshua Zyber" <joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>> "M.I.5?" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> I have noticed that the last two DVDs that I have bought have been
>>>>>>> presented in letterbox format rather than anamorphic widescreen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What DVDs would those be?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Can't remember the title of the first one, but the most recent is
>>>>>Pirates
>>>>>of
>>>>>the Caribean - Dead Man's Chest, presented as a tiny 2.35:1 picture in
>>>>>the
>>>>>middle of a 4:3 image (letterbox - curiously not mentioned on the box).
>>>>>The
>>>>>DTS sound is good though.
>>>>>
>>>> R2? I've got the R2 POTC- DMC, it's 2.35:1 but it's definitely
>>>> anamorphic.
>>>
>>>Well mine definitely isn't. I even checked the .IFO files and it is
>>>definitely marked as 4:3 full frame. Definitely a Region 2. Is there
>>>anything else you can tell me about yours (special edition etc.)? If
>>>necessary, I will take this one back and complain.
>>>
>>>
>> It's just the normal 2 disc edition, they may call it the special
>> edition, can't recall at the moment. It does seem very unusual that a
>> high profile release, or indeed any release other than some really
>> low-budget thing, these days would be released as non-anamorphic.
>
> Yup, mine is the 2 disc edition as well. I shall have to pop into the
> shop and see if there are different editions.
Investigated mine further over the weekend. I discovered that the actual
recording is in letterbox 4:3 format, but the disk is flagged to instruct
the player to output the image in anamorphic 16:9 if the player is set to
16:9 (I didn't know DVDs could do that - I knew they could do it the other
way round). It seems that the DVD player that I used (Pioneer) ignored the
flag. Playing it on all the other players that I have around, did indeed
give an anamorphic video output. Could your disk be of this type.
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