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MASH was definitely not shot in VistaVision! The 1.5:1 aspect ratio to which you refer is 8 perfs shot horizontally. MASH was of course shot 4 perfs vertical which has an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (silent aperture). All four sides are then cropped for release prints or video, which is why you are...

And here's how the same shot looks on iTunes. a bit more image all around. You are definitely getting more on the sides than on the DVD.

I did a quick search of this thread, and if there was definitive answer, I didn't see it. Are the HD versions on Hulu laugh track free? Having now seen the show on DVD without the godawful laugh track, I can never go back to watching them with the laugh track. So the beautiful widescreen HD...

People often don’t understand why filmed TV shows have more real estate on the camera negative to work with than movies do. It’s because of the safety zones to compensate for overscan. There was an “action safe” zone and a “title safe” zone. As a result, half a century later you can crop the...

Actually that looks pretty decent. Minimal top and bottom cropping with significant image added to the sides. That is pretty standard with filmed tv shows. There is enough information on the original camera negative to do a decent recomposition without losing much.