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Posted by Richard C. on 07/27/07 02:05
Stump!
Dumb!
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"def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
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> I've done some comparisons between the 4x3 and 16x9 versions when both are
> offered on the same DVD, usually on the flip side, sometimes on the same
> side via a menu selection. For example Annie Hall and Rocky 3. Look at
> Woody's monolog at the start of the film. You can see 2-3 buttons on his
> shirt with the 4x3 version, but barely 1 button with the 16x9 version. You
> don't lose anything significant with the 4x3 version, which is slightly
> cropped on the sides, but very little. Maybe only about 5-10% of the width
> of the 4x3 version is cropped off. However the tops of people's heads are
> typically cut off with the 16x9 versions. I estimate that at least 25% of
> the vertical heighth is cropped to make it into a 16x9 image.
>
> So the old adage and complaint about the blank/black areas at the top and
> bottom of widescreen versions is a good one, because it's true. Those
> areas were indeed cropped and removed from the film. You get a lot more
> real content, and the picture looks more normal, with 4x3.
>
> I think that what we have here is a big promotion to buy the new expensive
> 16x9 televisions that cost over $1,000. To provide them with something to
> watch in the same size, films are being hacked to death to fit that size
> artificially. It is actually the 16x9 version which is modified most to
> fit the screen, not the 4x3 versions - contrary to the announcement at the
> beginning of 4x3 films to that effect.
>
> The 7:3 versions (usually called 2.35:1) are another ballgame entirely.
>
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