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Dec 31 07 4:19 PM
Jeffrey Allen Rydell wrote: Gil Ray wrote: Why would they do this? Not really a rhetorical question, but I would like to know why a company would go to the trouble of matting a cropped image? Don't they know what they're doing? Is there any monetary gain for them to be doing this? Are they and any other company that does this, think they are riding the letterbox wave? Questions, questions, questions.....! I'm about knackered, so more tomorrow, but most of the transfers Dark Sky releases were originally commissioned for broadcast on MonstersHD, who are most interested in filling up the 1.78 ratio native to the format. In early days they ran almost everything (2.35 and 1.33 alike) at 1.78, and have backed way off on the practice after vocal criticism by subscribers. Unfortunately, when it comes to titles that *might well be* widescreen - but require special attention (because they're 1.66, are haphazardly composed, or utilize a source that's been cropped for some prior reason), they seem to be simply re-conforming them for 1.78 regardless of the negative impact. On three transfers that I've seen (BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, HORROR OF PARTY BEACH, and tonight's viewing of CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE), the title sequences are presented in some bizarro ratio (1.45, 1.55, something like that) to prevent the text from spilling out past its confines. Something just isn't being properly addressed here. Upon reflection, my bigger 'beef' is probably with MonstersHD. Except of course that Dark Sky's selling a tangible product using the same masters.
Gil Ray wrote: Why would they do this? Not really a rhetorical question, but I would like to know why a company would go to the trouble of matting a cropped image? Don't they know what they're doing? Is there any monetary gain for them to be doing this? Are they and any other company that does this, think they are riding the letterbox wave? Questions, questions, questions.....!
Thanks, Jeffrey. It's starting to make sense to me. Too bad there aren't instructions on the prints to take the guess work out, though! Gil
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