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Here's what's really going to bake your noodle... Kamikaze uses 4 aspect ratios over its season: 16:9, 2:1, 4:3, 2.20:1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11382150/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

That vacation was with family and young nieces and we easily could have missed it. :)

Huh. We must have skipped it. It might have looked too “young” for us.

There’s always Circle Vision! https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Circle-Vision_360%C2%B0

I was last at Disney in 2014 and don’t recall seeing that as an attraction. Will watch for next time I can get to DW.

This was my experience with seeeing Solo in 4DX back in 2018: a fun experience, but gimmicky like seeing Shrek 4D at Universal Studios. And at times, the contrast-destroying strobe lights worked against the movie experience. It was not what I would want for a regular movie-going. But if the...

Also keep in mind that human vision is smaller than 270ª, around 200ª. Viewers will have to swivel around to watch the show off the side, missing what’s happening on the other side. Maybe it will be used to create chase scenes that whip around from one extreme to the other, and you have to move...

That’s something you can’t go at home. Not even with the fanciest ultra-widescreen CIH setup. There’s no 270ª display format or media format for that. It’s a movie you’ll never have at home. You can never have the true director’s cut with 270º visual information. If the visuals in the outer...

But it’s ok that you have a weird opinion. It’s good to have weird friends. :) If you were still local, I’d have you down for some subwoofer and maybe even 4K projector demos later this year or early next.

Ok, sure, you can be Emperor of Movies and enforce a 16x9 format restriction for all theatrical movies. Just so long as I am Kontent King and have domain over all "TV" be it streaming service or OTA. In my nation, we'll allow freedom of aspect ratio. :) I don't watch sports, so no opinion. I...

I’m still waiting for you to start one. Currently all you’re saying is “use all the pixels.” This is the classic tech enthusiast who cares about specs and gear and not about the art. Aspect ratio is part of the artistic expression. I‘m enjoying the creativity happening right now with aspect...

Where’s the “shocked” emoji when I need it! I totally missed that Brian was the author of the aspect-ratio video!

And all dialog and music and sound effects should be played in all 11 speakers and both subwoofers at all times. I paid for these speakers, I want them used dammit!

This is doing exactly what you advocate! It's made specifically for the aspect ratio of the target screen: an iPhone (or any smartphone). If you're watching it on a widescreen, you're watching it wrong! :)

Best watched full screen on an iPhone.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/8/21056315/quibi-ces-2020-launch-meg-whitman-jeffrey-katzenberg-turnstyle-technology-shows-preview

just that one episode, going for a “cinema” vibe. Back to 16:9 subsequently.

I also have to check Mr Robot S4. Episode 7 was very widescreen and now I’m questioning everything I know about watching TV! :laugh:

"Forever" on Amazon Prime might be doing something with aspect ratio. I noticed in the third episode that it's ~2.40, but I think it was 1.77 in the first episode. There's a plot event in the second episode, so it might have shifted. But not sure; haven't checked if it was actually super wide...

The Expanse Season 4 is using aspect ratio as part of the visual language.

Why? Because, Art. Emotion. Feel. Visual language. “b&a: This is a film that was made in widescreen – in 2.39:1 – the first time a Toy Story film has been seen like that. How did that come about? Jonas Rivera: Well I remember years ago, we did a a CinemaScope test that would eventually lead...

i don’t object to the loss of 4:3 shows. But I wouldn’t object to them. If it was shot in 4:3, that’s how I’ll watch it, given the choice. (Waiting for Disney to get The Simpsons in OAR.) The iPad screen is basically 4:3 and watching Futurama on it better uses its pixels than all the 16:9...

As with everyone else, I get that wider aspect ratios than 1.77 result in smaller image on my TV and screen. And it’s a bit weird to me that “TV shows” are being made in wider widescreen formats. On the other hand...it’s interesting. It serves as another data point that “TV” is an art form with...

If I understand, you’re asking, “why don’t TV and movie creators sacrifice artistic visual creativity to have more pixels used on home TVs?” Is that the gist of it? If so, the answer is, I think, “because they’re artists and they’re making art and filling all the pixels is not always in...

@Sam Posten and @Brian Dobbs Fun episode! I listened to it as I was doing Thanksgiving grocery shopping. :) I thought, how are they going to discuss aspect rations for an hour and half, there’s not that much to say?!?! You showed me! :rolling-smiley: Fun topic, enjoyed it. Learned a few things...