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- From: dejesus@archimedes.nwc.navy.mil (Francisco X DeJesus)
- Subject: Re: Why you _need_ Widescreen....
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- References: <11009@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <1992Nov18.171319.16865@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:55:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.171319.16865@netcom.com> bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer) writes:
- >possible with home viewing. Still, it is a compromise. The question is
- >do you want to compromise resolution even further by reducing the number
- >of vertical scan lines for extra horizontal footage?
- [...]
- >I can't speak for the original poster, but I'm not bothered by the
- >widescreen format - when it's presented at full resolution. I'm also
- >not bothered in the least by the black or colored, or patterned bars
- >I see on the television screen for LBX discs. It's the lost resolution
- >that I have a problem with. As for 'olden day Academy Ratio', some of
-
- I really like the way someone (apologies for not remembering the name)
- put it: In Letterbox you have an X% loss of resolution over 100% of the
- screen. In P&S, you have a _100%_ loss of resolution over X% (49% in the
- case of a 2.35:1 movie) of the screen. Take your pick.
-
- >Some films are obviously intended to be seen in widescreen format. I
- [...]
- >Cropping is just another form of editing. Sometimes cropping actually
- >improves an image. Anyone who works with still photography knows this.
- >There's good panning and scanning, and then there are the hack jobs.
-
- Agreed. Some movies were meant (by the director shooting the film) for
- a wide screen. Some were not. Some, even, are made with a TV screen in
- mind. As to WHICH movies are "best seen" in LBX/P&S... that's a matter
- of personal taste, just the same as which movies you watch in the first
- place.
-
-
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