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Old 04-29-2008, 05:03 PM   #9 of 30
Stephen_J_H
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Re: How the West Was Won - Blu-ray release 8/26


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Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
I'm impressed to see they plan to differentiate the Bd release with a substanative exclusive feature- i.e. the smilebox effect. I would think it would be a far more compelling distinction than just adding some different epk fluff or gimicky videostreaming of edited epk fluff. Looking foward to this quite a bit. I'll also be glad to see the join lines gone. I just wonder how extreme the curvature (and significant the negative black space) will be.
Take a gander at the Cinerama Adventure website at the link below. The negative black space would be insignificant on a 16:9 display.
The Cinerama Adventure - "Smilebox" Process



\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
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