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Posted by Justin on 04/23/07 18:16
def456 wrote on [Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:30:50 -0500]:
> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:nbidnROo9PZzRLHbnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Rich Clark wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 23, 9:39 am, "def456" <def...@none.none> wrote:
>>>
>>>>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?
>>>
>>>
>>> Because that's how the movies were made.
>>>
>>> There's a strategy for dealing with this: don't look at the black
>>> bars. Look at the picture.
>>
>> Or turn off your lights, and watch the "black bars" disappear.
>>
>> Derek Janssen
>> ejanss@comcast.net
>
> But the people in the picture are too small. I have a 25" TV with 4:3 aspect
> ratio. The screen is 16" high, which is the size (height) of the people in
> the movie. With the anamorphic 2.35:1 DVDs the people are only 8" tall,
> which is much too small. So in effect they are reducing my TV to half size,
> from a 25" to a 12.5" TV, which as you can see doesn't work right. I would
> have to move my chair twice as close to watch it, but then I can see the
> pixels and lines between the horizontal lines, so it is terrible quality.
> The 2.35:1 is just way too extreme.
You need to sit closer to your TV then. And get a better TV
> They need to do away with 2.35:1 ratio on DVDs, or provide the option to
> automatically crop it to 16:9. I don't have much of a problem with 16:9
> aspect ratio, which is about 1.8 compared to the standard 1.3.
You need to extract your head from your butt.
> As far as that goes...
> Who goes to movie theaters anymore? I haven't for over 25 years. Almost
> everybody watches movies these days on cable/satellite TV or rental DVDs. I
That's nothing but bullshit. Millions upon millions go to the movie
theatre all the time.
> use the latter method (Netflix). So production of movies for theaters is now
> outmoded, as is the 2.35:1 aspect ratio!
Movies are made for the theatre. Deal with it, idiot.
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