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Posted by Jordan on 07/27/07 04:43
On Jul 26, 3:11 pm, "def456" <def...@none.none> wrote:
> 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.
Really? Here are some screen grabs from "Pink Panther Strikes Again",
one of my favorite flicks.
16:9 - A Psychiatrist offers a cigar to his newly "cured" patient:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1259/pp01iu4.jpg
4:3 - A Psychiatrist offers a cigar to a black patent leather shoe:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7378/pp01pjd2.jpg
16:9 - Detail of the Psychiatrist's office:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3976/pp02lt2.jpg
4:3 - 1/3rd less detail!
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6927/pp02pjx8.jpg
16:9 - Clouseau collapses in bed:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6966/pp03uy7.jpg
4:3 - Clouseau and... um, something kind of blue. I guess it's a bed:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2102/pp03pwk4.jpg
Get the picture? Actually you aren't if you insist on that 4:3 crap...
- Jordan
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