trido
06-01-2003, 08:54 AM
Harry Potter today on HBOHD sure looks good on Cable.
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e95
06-06-2003, 12:57 AM
i own hp on dvd, it looks like it's shot in roughly 2.35:1 - which means there are slight black bars at the top and bottom of the screen [i have a widescreen hitachi and hd cable through timewarner]
now this evening hp was on hbo and of course it fills the screen top to bottom, left to right without the black bars?
my question is how...? and why for that matter is it not being shown in it's native aspect ratio, or at least the one used in the theatre and on the dvd...
also i didn't notice any more of of the film on the dvd, in fact there was less due to the black bars at the top and bottom.
i tracked the movie [hbo] with the dvd and in switching between the two the left to right field was the same... the top and bottom field was less on the dvd?
now correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the whole 2.35:1 aspect so we can see more of the film left to right? isn't that so the director can give us vast landscapes and all that hogwarts [hogwash]
anyway, it's just a bit confusing to me because sometimes on hbo and sho hd i'll see movies that i know are shot in a wider aspect ratio than 1.85:1 taking up the whole screen... and other times the black bars are present top and bottom...
ah well, back to rereading the potter books before the 5th one comes out!!! laters
-e95
now this evening hp was on hbo and of course it fills the screen top to bottom, left to right without the black bars?
my question is how...? and why for that matter is it not being shown in it's native aspect ratio, or at least the one used in the theatre and on the dvd...
also i didn't notice any more of of the film on the dvd, in fact there was less due to the black bars at the top and bottom.
i tracked the movie [hbo] with the dvd and in switching between the two the left to right field was the same... the top and bottom field was less on the dvd?
now correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the whole 2.35:1 aspect so we can see more of the film left to right? isn't that so the director can give us vast landscapes and all that hogwarts [hogwash]
anyway, it's just a bit confusing to me because sometimes on hbo and sho hd i'll see movies that i know are shot in a wider aspect ratio than 1.85:1 taking up the whole screen... and other times the black bars are present top and bottom...
ah well, back to rereading the potter books before the 5th one comes out!!! laters
-e95
57U
06-06-2003, 07:06 AM
When the studios produce their HD movies, some of them produce several versions, if the original was 2.35:1. They produce one OAR version (original aspect ratio). They also produce a 16:9 version for the HD networks so that viewers don't see "black bars". It does a bit of a "pan & scan" just like when they produce "4:3 fullscreen" movies, but you don't lose as much of the move (only 21% instead of 43%).
I do prefer to see my movies OAR.
Our Movie network in Canada has shown about 1/2 the 2.35 movies in OAR and 1/2 in "16:9 Fullscreen". Whenever I see a "16:9 Fullscreen" version, I contact TMN (The Movie Network) and advise them that I would prefer to see my movies OAR. I have contacted the VP of TMN and he is also a movie buff and prefers OAR. He has instructed is buyers to get OAR, not "16:9 fullscreen" whenever possible. You should do the same with HBO.
I do prefer to see my movies OAR.
Our Movie network in Canada has shown about 1/2 the 2.35 movies in OAR and 1/2 in "16:9 Fullscreen". Whenever I see a "16:9 Fullscreen" version, I contact TMN (The Movie Network) and advise them that I would prefer to see my movies OAR. I have contacted the VP of TMN and he is also a movie buff and prefers OAR. He has instructed is buyers to get OAR, not "16:9 fullscreen" whenever possible. You should do the same with HBO.
