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Posted by def456 on 07/27/07 12:30
"Stuart" <stuart@whodunnit8.com> wrote in message
news:0Afqi.12480$4A1.6026@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Read and view the examples on this page
> http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/special/caveat_emptor.htm
That's an interesting link. I waded through it, but it's a bit too
complicated and technical for my wee old brain.
:)
I just look at the picture and if the tops of their heads are cut off,
then I know it should have been burned onto the DVD in 4x3 instead of 16x9.
This happens frequently. I don't know exactly what percentage to put on it -
but maybe 50% of the time. In other words, I believe that about half of the
16x9 movies out there are artificial hack jobs, and should really be 4x3.
Again I won't comment on the 7x3 (2.35:1) format, which is an entirely
different situation. However they can occasionally be hack jobs too, really
4x3,
artificially cropped down to a horizontal sliver. You can call it matting or
matte process, if you want, but I call it cropping. The edges are cut off
and discarded.
Will I ever have a widescreen TV, or a HD TV? Maybe, but they'll have to get
a lot cheaper! I've never spent more than $200 for a TV and don't expect
to, in the future. Yes, I archive the widescreen versions of films too, when
available, considering that possible eventuality. In the meantime my Curtis
Mathis 25" 4x3 TV still works fine and might continue for many more years.
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