Posted by GMAN on 11/23/06 17:50

In article <wqKdne7pt7Edf_nYnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mindNOSPAMspring.IHATESPAM.com> wrote:
>"Stan Jensen" <spam@wonderful.spam> wrote in message
>news:lki8m2l2a7i80h01rr9go8m5uj0i05u92n@4ax.com...
>> Anyone get this set? Whoever idiots that did it pan & scanned the
>> episodes!!!
>>
>> They cut nearly 40% of the image!!!
>>
>> Good thing I've got a friend at the DVD store, and they took back the
>> set. I don't want it, the way it was raped.
>
>
>Do you think they air this show in 2.35:1 or something? The difference
>between 16:9 to 4:3 is a 25% reduction, not 40%.
>
>Shows like this air on the network's SD channel in 4:3 and the HD
>channel in 16:9. Like most sitcoms, this show is primarily composed for
>4:3 with a lot of empty dead space on the sides of the screen in 16:9.
>The show's producers picked 4:3 as their preferred framing for the DVD.
>That hardly qualifies as a raping.
>
>
No but it is mentally retarded of them!

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