The fix doesn't shave anything off the top and bottom, it's a software fix to correct the distortion, it's not masking anything, yes i think there is a bit missing at the edges of the frame but it's 2.25:1 and the image in your comparison shows that not much info is missing, as imperfect a fix it may be it's currently the only way i can view this great film in high definition.nealg said:Sorry, but the image can't be "fixed" if it is derived from the blu-ray. The distortion can be corrected, but there's no way to restore the missing picture information on the sides. And then the aspect ratio couldn't be corrected without shaving some off the top and bottom.
Again, the TCM print has no distortion, more picture information on the sides, and is in the proper aspect ratio. You can see my IMPERFECT COMPARISON HERE.
Here's the example i made a while back, nothing is lost top and bottom or at the sides, obviously the television transmission has some more info but you will find a lot of blu ray releases with 2K masters avoid downconversion artifacts and instead just cut a little off the sides and top and bottom to make their 1920x1080 image. Roll your mouse on and off the image below.
*I think that works out that a 2.40:1 movie would be 2048x858 on a 2K master and instead of downscaling for the blu ray they crop and it becomes roughly 1920x804, this is why movies like this one and Alien have some unimportant image info missing.
http://www.darkrealmfox.com/bigcountry_comparison.html
*Minus black bar area.