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The Simpson's TV show in widescreen and HD

post #1 of 5
2/15/09 at 10:26pm
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Tonight was the first time the show was made and shown exclusively in HD and 1.78:1. I switched to my regular digital channel upconverted to 1080i and it looked squeezed in full frame.

The show looked great in 1.78:1 and show really sell the show. Maybe they'll go back and reissue all the earlier years in zoom mode to fill your 16x9 screens...only kidding!
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post #2 of 5
2/16/09 at 4:40am

Re: The Simpson's TV show in widescreen and HD

It seemed to me that it looked a little squeezed even in HD, especially Lenny and Carl's faces.
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post #3 of 5
2/16/09 at 1:55pm

Re: The Simpson's TV show in widescreen and HD

Everything looked nicely proportioned on my HD image.

Loved how they joked about it like Bart writing on the chalkboard:

"HDTV is worth every penny"

And the "Now in HD" sign outside of Moe's
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post #4 of 5
2/16/09 at 10:21pm

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It's about time The Simpsons joined the HD family--loved the new intro! (the episode itself was mediocre)Unfortunately it will be a very long time before S20 will be available on any home video format.
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post #5 of 5
2/17/09 at 8:03am

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I didn't have a problem with the technical quality, just the artistic quality.

I would like to see what they could do with remastered, 4x3 1080p versions of the 20th century-era Simpsons episodes on Blu-Ray. They were done on film but post-production was on tape.
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