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Hi guys, This is the thread to list all TV shows, mini series and TV movies previously square and now gone wide. I mean W I D E. DVDs or Blu-rays. My goal is to provide all the list and links all in one place, for those who enjoy revisiting these past shows and movies in a more up to date format. Feel free to debate this trend also.
TV movies / Miniseries:
New! *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
Available on iTunes:
- Roots (1977)
- Roots: The Next Generations
- Roots: The Gift
- North And South
- North And South: Book II
- Wonder Woman extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Bourne Identity
- City Beneath Sea *composed for widescreen, protected for 4/3
- John Carpenter's Elvis. *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- John Carpenter's Someone Watching Me *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Lonesome Dove *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- The Quick and the Dead
- V the mini series *creator says originally intended in widescreen
- V The Final Battle *? issued in WIDE to go along with the first mini-series.
TV shows
- Babylon 5 shot in Super 35, so all live footage extend the sides, while all SFX footage is center cropped.
- Bewitched *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Buffy (more on the sides, but detrimental to the framing, the creator says the whole series is intended 4/3)
- Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1991/1993 *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1994/2003 *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Columbo Japanese Blu-ray box set includes all the "new" (80's on) episodes in glorious widescreen.
- Dark Angel *aired in 4/3 and US DVDs in 4/3, but european DVDs in widescreen. Looks intended for widescreen.
- Dark Shadows 90
- Friends The Complete Series *extend on the sides. Show was shot in 3 perf 35mm
- Kung Fu season 1 °not recommended, they are a crop of the already cropped 4/3 masters
- That 70s Show
- The SHIELD seasons 1-5 exists in both 4/3 and 16/9 on R1 DVD. Show creators says it's intended for 4/3.
- Thunderbirds *tilt & scanned with little more info on the sides. 1.66:1 instead of 1.77:1 would have worked better.
- The Wire now going widescreen,
- Wonder Woman 1975-1979 all three seasons available on iTunes in widescreen format
- The X-Files now coming to Blu with all the original 4/3 seasons 1-4 reformated in widescreen.
note : sadly there's been many blunders from the production company in charge of remastering, mostly they didn't check the original fonts to match the new RM ones, guess they didn't google for whatthefont which can match any font in 2mn) see the blunders here http://www.xfilesvault.com/features/Whats-Wrong-With-The-X-Files-On-Blu-ray/
Shows previously 4/3 but spotted widescreen on HDTV
- The Avengers all films seasons french Paris Premiere TV. *these are just crops of the new HD scans.
- A-Team extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Bewitched seasons 3 to last (all the colors eps) nows on streaming and on TV remastered in widescreen.
- The Equalizer °seems to be a crop of the already cropped 4/3 masters
- Hart to Hart extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Hogan's Heroes
- MASH extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- The Prisoner widescreen versions are just crops of the existing HD masters.
- Space 1999. 1.78:1. Adds a bit to the sides and crops top and bottom with tilt & scan. made in the early 00 and not very good looking.
- Wiseguy *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
TV movies / Miniseries:
New! *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
Available on iTunes:
- Roots (1977)
- Roots: The Next Generations
- Roots: The Gift
- North And South
- North And South: Book II
- Wonder Woman extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Bourne Identity
- City Beneath Sea *composed for widescreen, protected for 4/3
- John Carpenter's Elvis. *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- John Carpenter's Someone Watching Me *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Lonesome Dove *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- The Quick and the Dead
- V the mini series *creator says originally intended in widescreen
- V The Final Battle *? issued in WIDE to go along with the first mini-series.
TV shows
- Babylon 5 shot in Super 35, so all live footage extend the sides, while all SFX footage is center cropped.
- Bewitched *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Buffy (more on the sides, but detrimental to the framing, the creator says the whole series is intended 4/3)
- Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1991/1993 *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1994/2003 *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Columbo Japanese Blu-ray box set includes all the "new" (80's on) episodes in glorious widescreen.
- Dark Angel *aired in 4/3 and US DVDs in 4/3, but european DVDs in widescreen. Looks intended for widescreen.
- Dark Shadows 90
- Friends The Complete Series *extend on the sides. Show was shot in 3 perf 35mm
- Kung Fu season 1 °not recommended, they are a crop of the already cropped 4/3 masters
- That 70s Show
- The SHIELD seasons 1-5 exists in both 4/3 and 16/9 on R1 DVD. Show creators says it's intended for 4/3.
- Thunderbirds *tilt & scanned with little more info on the sides. 1.66:1 instead of 1.77:1 would have worked better.
- The Wire now going widescreen,
- Wonder Woman 1975-1979 all three seasons available on iTunes in widescreen format
- The X-Files now coming to Blu with all the original 4/3 seasons 1-4 reformated in widescreen.
note : sadly there's been many blunders from the production company in charge of remastering, mostly they didn't check the original fonts to match the new RM ones, guess they didn't google for whatthefont which can match any font in 2mn) see the blunders here http://www.xfilesvault.com/features/Whats-Wrong-With-The-X-Files-On-Blu-ray/
Shows previously 4/3 but spotted widescreen on HDTV
- The Avengers all films seasons french Paris Premiere TV. *these are just crops of the new HD scans.
- A-Team extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Bewitched seasons 3 to last (all the colors eps) nows on streaming and on TV remastered in widescreen.
- The Equalizer °seems to be a crop of the already cropped 4/3 masters
- Hart to Hart extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- Hogan's Heroes
- MASH extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
- The Prisoner widescreen versions are just crops of the existing HD masters.
- Space 1999. 1.78:1. Adds a bit to the sides and crops top and bottom with tilt & scan. made in the early 00 and not very good looking.
- Wiseguy *extend on the sides with minimal top and bottom cropping
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