MGM's DVD Class Action Settlement

Author: Warbler
Time: 3-Feb-2005 1:56 PM
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Also while we are in a thread about DVD's that might or might not have problems with the widescreen editions. I having been wondering this for a long time now. I purchased the Godfather movies on DVD when they were first released. The picture on the DVDs does not seem to be as wide proportionally as I have seen them when the movies have been shown on T.V. or on VHS (I think). Are the DVD versions framed correctly? Do they use the correct dimensions? I'm Gundark may be able to answer. It would seem he is the resident expert on these issues.

The framing on the Godfather movies is correct; Coppola shot them flat, which is easy to forget when you consider their epic feel. On a similar note, I remember my brother complaining that Aliens was in the wrong aspect ratio because it is the only one of the Alien films released on video in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. I had to remind him that it was shot that way, because I distinctly remembered (and still do) the dimensions of the film when we saw it on the big screen in 1986.

thanks Gundark.

Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 4-Feb-2005 3:46 AM
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When was the last time you watched a 1.66:1 anamorphic image on a 16:9 display? Mine was last week @ Costco, and the pillarboxing (what they call the black bars at the sides) was clearly visible.
I have 2 anamorphic 1.66:1 DVDs, and when I watch either of them on this computer (where I don't have to worry about losing any of the picture to overscan) it cuts off the top and bottom. It does this because PowerDVD believes everything outside the 16x9 area must be black - so for all intents and purposes it is equal to watching it on an overscan-free 16:9 display.

I'm curious; what titles are we talking about here?

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