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Posted by Justin on 04/23/07 17:18
def456 wrote on [Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:12:49 -0500]:
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> "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.
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> 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?
Yes it would, and it doesn't work like you think it would.
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