Live in Boston DVD not amamorphic????!!!

Rob67 · #1 06-29-2004, 06:52 PM

Is anyone else pissed

that the DVD set is not encoded for widescreen HD TV's???? I mean the damn thing was shot in High Definition for Pete's sake!!

ugh....it is an awesome show, though.

Rob

JamieSPC · #2 06-30-2004, 11:19 AM

Nope, not anamorphic.

It was astounding to watch this on PBS-HD and see what could have been. The show looked incredible in high def, even though there was only an hour of it on PBS-HD here in Alabama.

At least they left the DVD in widescreen, preserving at least the shape of the way it was shot. Some of the composition is very nice. These were obviously people who have shot 1.78:1 material before and know how to use the frame. But having to zoom for 16:9 sets reduces the resolution even more.

You and I may be the only ones on this board that care about this, though. I brought it up earlier and there were several people upset it was letterboxed.

~JamieSPC

strandinthewind · #3 06-30-2004, 12:30 PM

I have a 17" LCD widescreen HDTV and it appeared the concert was broadcasting from the DVD player to it in that format. I am not the most tech. advanced person, but they did not look squatty which is what happens when something not in that format is shown on the widescreen

JamieSPC · #4 06-30-2004, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I have a 17" LCD widescreen HDTV and it appeared the concert was broadcasting from the DVD player to it in that format. I am not the most tech. advanced person, but they did not look squatty which is what happens when something not in that format is shown on the widescreen

Either your TV or DVD player is performing an "upconversion," which still results in poorer resolution. I could go into the technical explanation, but as mentioned before, most people here seem satisfied with picture quality so it wouldn't be an issue for this board.

Warner Bros. was one of the earliest proponents of anamorphic enhancement for widescreen TVs, and since LIB was shot hi-def it certainly would have benefitted from it.

But it definitely is not. I wish it were.

~JamieSPC

estranged4life · #5 06-30-2004, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JamieSPC

You and I may be the only ones on this board that care about this, though. I brought it up earlier and there were several people upset it was letterboxed.

~JamieSPC

the "letterbox" format. Having a wide 31" Sanyo TV set makes alot of difference to me (I dislike most DVD's that are the released in the "Full screen" format)

strandinthewind · #6 06-30-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JamieSPC

Either your TV or DVD player is performing an "upconversion," which still results in poorer resolution. I could go into the technical explanation, but as mentioned before, most people here seem satisfied with picture quality so it wouldn't be an issue for this board.

Warner Bros. was one of the earliest proponents of anamorphic enhancement for widescreen TVs, and since LIB was shot hi-def it certainly would have benefitted from it.

But it definitely is not. I wish it were.

~JamieSPC

Thanks - I did not know that. In fact, sometimes I cannot operate the damn thing!!!!!!!!! Of course, reading the manual could help

tynan88 · #7 07-01-2004, 03:14 AM

It does ruin it a tad, especially when u have a nice plasma to watch it on and it doesn't fill the full screen, I have the same problem with a lot of the movies. Especially with a plasma screen though it is annoying because the bars at the top and bottom of the sreen burn in and take ages to go away.

Tynan

Rob67 · #8 07-01-2004, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamieSPC

Either your TV or DVD player is performing an "upconversion," which still results in poorer resolution. I could go into the technical explanation, but as mentioned before, most people here seem satisfied with picture quality so it wouldn't be an issue for this board.

Warner Bros. was one of the earliest proponents of anamorphic enhancement for widescreen TVs, and since LIB was shot hi-def it certainly would have benefitted from it.

But it definitely is not. I wish it were.

~JamieSPC

I wish there was some petition to get them to stop releasing films on DVD in full screen. Everyone will have to upgrade to widescreen HD in a few years anyway...what's the point???

Rob

HomerMcvie · #9 07-02-2004, 11:49 AM

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I wish there was some petition to get them to stop releasing films on DVD in full screen. Everyone will have to upgrade to widescreen HD in a few years anyway...what's the point???

2006. Right around the corner. But then Mick can RErelease it, and stick his paw in our wallets again.