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Posted by def456 on 04/23/07 17:12
"the dog from that film you saw" <dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote
in message news:594393F2fd89qU1@mid.individual.net...
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> "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
> news:Vy3Xh.888$Ea5.35@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
>>A lot of movies now come out on DVD in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, width to
>>height, so called anamorphic. That causes a large black area at the top
>>and bottom of the screen and poor picture quality with ordinary 4:3 TVs,
>>and also significant black bands at the top/bottom with the newer 16:9
>>widescreen TVs. Since nobody has TVs to view 2.35:1 properly, why do they
>>produce it?
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> because that's how they were made, and they consider it better to show you
> the film as made rather than cropped.
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> having said that, there's nothing to stop dvd makers putting a crop signal
> on the dvd so that those people who dont care for authenticity can have
> the film chopped to 16:9 - i really dont know why this isnt used as
> standard - no need to put effort into panning, just crop and be damned.
I agree. My DVD player has that option, but it doesn't work. I asked the
company that made the DVD player and they said that depends on the DVD, and
the makers of the DVDs need to add that option to the coding. It wouldn't
cost them anything extra. Why don't they?
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