|  | Posted by Spurious Response on 07/27/07 03:24 
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:11:23 -0500, "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:
 >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.
 
 From your post title...  you are completely full of shit with this
 ridiculous contention.
 
 SNIP
 
 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.
 >
 
 I depends on how the original shots were taken.  Not all 2.35:1 AR films
 get shot in such a way that the 4:3 P&S version shows more than the OR
 version. Don't let your lack of understanding of it allow you to become
 jaded.
 
 >So the old adage and complaint about the blank/black areas at the top and
 >bottom of widescreen versions is a good one,
 
 Bullshit...  Too late...  You're an idiot.
 
 > because it's true.
 
 What I just wrote is what is 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.
 
 You are absolutely full of shit, and or a 100% trolling, fucktard.
 
 >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.
 
 You are a goddamned idiot. That remark was just too stupid for you to
 be trolling.
 
 > It is actually the 16x9 version which is modified most to fit
 >the screen,
 
 Wrong.  The expression for today is ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO.
 
 > not the 4x3 versions - contrary to the announcement at the
 >beginning of 4x3 films to that effect.
 
 You are a total retard.  You starred in that film, right?
 
 >The 7:3 versions (usually called 2.35:1) are another ballgame entirely.
 
 No one refers to 2.35:1 as 7x3.
 
 4x3 and 16x9 are display device ratios. Film ratios are always
 described as being something to one.
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