tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post2754164286728622366..comments2023-10-18T11:17:26.147+01:00Comments on Hauling Like a Brooligan: Panning and ScanningStephen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-14434415670797082232010-07-26T13:36:03.088+01:002010-07-26T13:36:03.088+01:00You'd think if anything justified the expense ...You'd think if anything justified the expense of replacing the outdated transfer, Cracker would. I remember an episode being screened in two formats as a 'widescreen experiment' - not sure of the details but I do recall being able to flick back and forth between two channels (on my standard 4X3 set) to observe minor cropping in the display. This was pre-digital, so it must have been an experiment of limited value - those early analogue sets could only achieve widescreen by zooming on a letterboxed image.Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-8056362697406693992010-07-23T21:33:58.299+01:002010-07-23T21:33:58.299+01:00I seem to recall CRACKER was shot on Super 16, and...I seem to recall CRACKER was shot on Super 16, and remember reading trade magazine articles in which the producers said that this was to future-proof the series. It will go out in 4:3 now, they said, but when widescreen becomes the norm in the home we can show it in 16:9.<br /><br />I've never seen it broadcast in 16:9. It's always the letterboxed 14:9 recording that gets aired - the same as your experience with OKTOBER.<br /><br />A bit like how we were promised moonbases and jetpacks; the future is never quite as bright when it actually arrives!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-83328950860996105702010-07-21T19:39:13.399+01:002010-07-21T19:39:13.399+01:00The worst purveyors of appalling quality is - has ...The worst purveyors of appalling quality is - has you would expect - the Zone channels, in particular Zone Horror: occasionally they would have a rare gem in their schedules, but I'd skip on by. A transfer which would look absolutely shit on a 10th copy VHS distributed by some shady bloke in a van.<br /><br />I've recently become a convert to blu-ray: won't go out of my way to choose between the two, but - for example - "Moon" just looks absolutely astounding on my inexpensive 37" 1080p.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613091738153864169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-88054814631514820192010-07-20T17:47:58.159+01:002010-07-20T17:47:58.159+01:00Fortunately, Alexandra Staden has nice lips.Fortunately, Alexandra Staden has nice lips.Piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682054203119052550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-82679941985078917342010-07-20T10:14:39.885+01:002010-07-20T10:14:39.885+01:00Cropped at the sides, then cropped at the top and ...Cropped at the sides, then cropped at the top and bottom -- there can't have been much more left to see than talking lips!<br /><br />Apparently DirectTV have been reformatting THE WIRE in 'Stretch-o-vision" and misleadingly calling it Widescreen HD:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tvpredictions.com/dwire071910.htm" rel="nofollow">link</a>Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-10872963570533301632010-07-19T15:46:08.229+01:002010-07-19T15:46:08.229+01:00I saw My Name Is Modesty for the first time when i...I saw <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Modesty" rel="nofollow">My Name Is Modesty</a> for the first time when it was on the telly a couple of nights ago, and it was obvious that it had been tilted-and-scanned from 4x3 into 16x9, as a lot of the time the tops of people's heads were missing.<br /><br />But <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347591/technical" rel="nofollow">according to the IMDb</a>, the original aspect ratio was 1.85:1.<br /><br />Meaning it's been butchered <b>twice</b>.Piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682054203119052550noreply@blogger.com