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03-23-2008, 11:37 AM
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AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I just noticed Comcast has added AMC HD. I'm not sure what the problem is but the aspect ratio of every film, whether 1.85 or 2.35 is completely stretched and out of proportion. It fills the 16X9 screen...but it is totally unwatchable to view any film. It that AMC's decision to visually butcher every film they show or Comcast's? Anyone have any insight?
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03-23-2008, 12:17 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
Sounds like they do what TNT HD does--first they chop films to a 4:3 AR, then stretch to 16:9. It's the worst possible treatment.
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03-23-2008, 12:19 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
With commercials I can't watch that channel anyway. Not long ago I recorded on HD "The Ghost and the Darkness" from the Universal channel. As soon as I figured out that this presentation had commericials, I ended up deleting the recording. I simply can't watch movies with commercials any longer.
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03-23-2008, 12:46 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I assumed there wouldn't be the OAR but I had hoped that they wouldn't go the TNT stretch route too.
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03-23-2008, 01:12 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I refuse to watch movies on Universal due to the commercial breaks. I also refuse to watch movies on TNT-HD (commercials and stretching). And the Sci-Fi channel has the nerve to call itself HD, and then airs TV Shows that were shot in HD cropped to 4x3. Why is Sci-Fi HD named that?
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03-23-2008, 05:13 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I had no idea!!! It is ridiculous that that these stations are stretching pan and scanned 2.35 films to fit 16X9. No wonder RIO BRAVO which was originally 1.85 looked so terrible on AMC HD yesterday. (No I usually don't watch AMC because of the commercials but was curious as to whether the films were being shown in Stunning HD) Now I know the answer
This gives HD a BAD name....It truly looks worse than any SD channel.
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03-24-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
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Originally Posted by Mike Williams
I refuse to watch movies on Universal due to the commercial breaks. I also refuse to watch movies on TNT-HD (commercials and stretching). And the Sci-Fi channel has the nerve to call itself HD, and then airs TV Shows that were shot in HD cropped to 4x3. Why is Sci-Fi HD named that?
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I'm not so picky. I just hit the 30 sec fast fow'd button 6 times (takes about 5 seconds) and I'm back to the movie. I do set the line at stretching, however.
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04-03-2008, 02:36 AM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
amc, tbs and tnt hd are just about pointless.
practically no real HD programs at all.
these channels are just using space that could be used to ad hd channels that
do have hd shows.
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04-03-2008, 07:04 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
Letters from Iwo Jima started out non-OAR but after the first or second commercial it became OAR with black bars top and bottom.
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04-04-2008, 08:47 AM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
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amc, tbs and tnt hd are just about pointless.
practically no real HD programs at all.
these channels are just using space that could be used to ad hd channels that do have hd shows.
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TBS and TNT do show sporting events in HD, and occasionally movies on TNT are shown OAR. I have heard that TNT is showing The Office in HD now. I agree about the rest of their programming. I don't know how anyone can watch those stretched shows.
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04-04-2008, 09:04 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
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I have heard that TNT is showing The Office in HD now. I agree about the rest of their programming. I don't know how anyone can watch those stretched shows.
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Ugh, I remember seeing an episode of The Office on TBS HD letterboxed in a 4x3 frame then stretched to 16x9. They had the nerve to put "Available in HD" on screen. ARGGGH! I swear my head was about to explode.
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04-15-2008, 12:06 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I stumbled across this pointless, atrocity of a so-called "channel" this morning.
I'm all for more HD channels, however, stretching shows and showing them in HD is ridiculous. Its the equivalent of reading National Geographic through a funhouse mirror.
AMC HD and TBS HD are wastes of space & time and I refuse to watch until they quit stretching shows
I noticed the SCI-FI HD channel airing Twilight Zone at 4x3. It looked good!
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04-15-2008, 06:21 PM
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Re: AMC HD Terrible Aspect Ratio
I agree on ignoring the movies offered on AMC-HD so I plan to only watch their HD series like Mad Men an Breaking Bad.
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