Panasonic DMP-BD35 & DMP-BD55 Features - Page 4

Lew Crippen · 11-14-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tls36

... As for the subtitle issue, not an issue for me. 4X3: Who would buy a Blu-Ray player to play 4X3 material???

Yo

Jeff Ulmer · 11-14-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tls36

As for the subtitle issue, not an issue for me. 4X3: Who would buy a Blu-Ray player to play 4X3 material???

If your viewing tastes are current domestic blockbusters, then this wouldn't be an issue. If, however, you enjoy classic and/or foreign cinema or TV series then 4:3 is an issue.

Sanjay Gupta · 11-14-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lew Crippen

Yo

I suppose classics like 'Casablanca', 'Gone With The Wind', 'Singing In The Rain' and let's not forget 'Citizen Kane', along with hundreds of other great films, don't deserve to be in HD simply because they are all 4x3 movies.

I hope you do realize that, that HD refers to a higher resolution and has nothing to do with the aspect ratio.

RobertR · 11-14-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanjay Gupta

I suppose classics like 'Casablanca', 'Gone With The Wind', 'Singing In The Rain' and let's not forget 'Citizen Kane', along with hundreds of other great films, don't deserve to be in HD simply because they are all 4x3 movies.

I hope you do realize that, that HD refers to a higher resolution and has nothing to do with the aspect ratio.

Put more succinctly, the implication is that any film made before the widescreen era (about 1953) needn't be bothered with on hidef. Such an attitude is uninformed, to put it nicely.

Brandon Conway · 11-14-2008, 04:31 PM

In regards to no Subtitle button being on Panasonic remotes: You can hit the Display button and then toggle any subtitle off/on and scroll through the different sub streams. Not as simple, but it is a way to do it without using the menus.

Lew Crippen · 11-14-2008, 07:53 PM

Obviously my brief comment was not clear.

Sorry for the confusion, but what I was trying to write was that I am one (of very many) who would (and did) purchase a BD player with the clear knowledge that I would be watching many 4:3 movies on satellite TV (e.g. TCM) from my modest DVD collection and my (even more) modest BD collection.

As you cite some classics, you ought to post in the AFI and S&S threads and join in the general discussion. Even though we don’t all agree as to merits of any of these great films (or even that all of them are great) you might find some of the views expressed worthy of consideration.

Not the first time I’ve not written clearly, but this is probably the first time that anyone thought I was unclear as to the difference between resolution and aspect ratio (two things that really should not be in the same sentenence).

Sanjay Gupta · 11-16-2008, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway

In regards to no Subtitle button being on Panasonic remotes: You can hit the Display button and then toggle any subtitle off/on and scroll through the different sub streams. Not as simple, but it is a way to do it without using the menus.

Yeah, but that requires 'SIX' presses of three seperate buttons on the remote to just turn on the subtitles and in case you need to change the language of the subtitles, then even more button presses. Then ofcourse 'SIX' more presses of three seperate buttons to turn off the subtitles.

tls36 · 11-17-2008, 12:23 PM

Should things like Polaroid images or other low quality sources be converted to HD just because we can? Maybe next can take mono voice recordings and convert them to Super CD? If the res is crummy to start with than why transfer to HD, wouldn't DVD make more sense. Ever hear the expression you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear????



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