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• Re: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? John_N 19:52:25 07/02/01 (4)
  In Reply to: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? posted by Elizabeth on July 02, 2001 at 15:59:24:

  Count me as another that prefers original aspect ratio dvd's.

  I am not interested in owning movies "modified to fit your tv set" or other non original aspect ratios.

  To me, anything other than oar is the equivalent of taking original sized prints of world reknown art masterpieces, and cropping them to fit as a page in a small pocket book because the publisher liked that book size.

  John_N
  
  

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  • One problem with "original" format... Victor Khomenko 20:08:58 07/02/01 (3)
    In Reply to: Re: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? posted by John_N on July 02, 2001 at 19:52:25:

    ...is that many of those films, made for very wide screen, don't show well on small screen. You hardly get the intended effect of the 2.78:1 original format that was supposed to envelop you, draw you in, on your TV, even a 16:9 one. You in effect watch it from great distance, reducing the effect many-fold. In some of those cases close-ups and pan-and-scans actually do make sense. Watching something like Ben Hur when you can't even see the faces while capturing the whole panorama is not the best possible way, in my view. Of course it is always a matter of degree.

    As always, this is a tradeoff, with no single right answer. I think it makes sense to be flexible in these matters.
    
    

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    • I don't like 2.78:1 even in the theatre! clarkjohnsen 11:15:41 07/03/01 (0)
      In Reply to: One problem with "original" format... posted by Victor Khomenko on July 02, 2001 at 20:08:58:

      Nor am I a fan of 2.35! Gimme a 1.85:1 any day!

      clark
      
      

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    • solution: sit closer n/a Elizabeth 09:07:19 07/03/01 (1)
      In Reply to: One problem with "original" format... posted by Victor Khomenko on July 02, 2001 at 20:08:58:

      yes
      
      

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      • Re: solution: sit closer n/a Victor Khomenko 09:16:19 07/03/01 (0)
        In Reply to: solution: sit closer n/a posted by Elizabeth on July 03, 2001 at 09:07:19:

        You certainly CAN sit closer in some cases, but the resolution will suffer.

        Again, it is all a matter of priorities. But when actor's face disappears in a blur of scan lines - that is usually not too nice.

        Anyway, I don't have perfect answer either.
        
        

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• Confined to 4:3, but still I care... Harmonia 19:13:59 07/02/01 (0)
  In Reply to: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? posted by Elizabeth on July 02, 2001 at 15:59:24:

  I also have a 4:3 TV, along with a modest DVD player. (It's just that I want a high-end preamp worse than a 16:9 HDTV this very moment.) But I love movies almost as much as I love music, so eventually I want a wide aspect ratio set. Anamorphic - progressive scan rules. Some day soon, I hope. I have a very strong visual memory, and I find favorite films almost impossible to watch in pan and scan. I want to see a film as close to the director's original intention as I can. On large screens, the anamorphic DVD is a more film-like picture. I thought about buying one of the Sony Wega 4:3 XBR sets with 3/2 pulldown, but decided to wait 'til I could get a bigger display.

  I only have a few LDs. But I definitely buy my DVDs with an eye to that future HT potential. Having replaced LPs, then LDs, and VHS videos, I'm hardly eager for more software upgrades anytime soon. I don't know what I'm gonna do when HD DVDs get out...thank God that's down the road.

  One notable exception to my anamorphic/enhanced DVD acquisitions: made for TV material, where you doing well to get it on DVD period. I'm fond of quite a few TV productions, especially BBC, A&E type stuff, and I'm very impatient for them to get older shows onto DVD. While I was pleased that dramas like Horatio Hornblower and Pride & Prejudice were released on DVD, I was disappointed to find HH wasn't widescreen. (I know HH could be widescreen - the "making of" documentary shows the director watching playback on a 16:9 video display.) Most current and older television productions, of course, were not produced in widescreen.

  I also have archived VHS videos of theater, concerts, opera and ballet broadcasts that I'm sure will look terrible on a large screen, line doubler or not. So it goes. It's always something.
  
  

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• Re: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? Pam 18:32:11 07/02/01 (0)
  In Reply to: DVD with 16:9 capable, purchase only,who cares,never? posted by Elizabeth on July 02, 2001 at 15:59:24:

  I like to watch things in whatever format the original source material was in (got a lot of stuff that was originally 4:3 so if they ever come out with an HDTV screen that I can afford, I'll have to live with black bars on the sides)
  
  

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