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Gary, are you planning on doing a comparison on The Robe?

Gary, are you going to post any screencaps of the IMAX shots on the BD of The Dark Knight?

Yes, but Technirama was a flexible format in terms of composition, and it's clear from the screencaps I've seen thus far that there was a lot more information on the negative than wound up on the 35mm CinemaScope reduction prints. Remember that the 2003 transfer and any prior widescreen...

Wrong! Disney has gone back to the original elements to show the original 2.55:1 frame for the very first time. Keep in mind that when Disney began production on Sleeping Beauty, the CinemaScope AR was 2.55:1. It wasn't changed to 2.35:1 until the majority of animation was completed on Sleeping...

I would hope so.

I find it hilarious how some people are willing to rely on the opinions of others sight unseen on this particular release. Would it hurt you to go to Netflix/Blockbuster and rent the bloody thing?

Thanks for clearing that up.

Roland, I'm confused; are the SmileBox SD captures taken from special features?

The shots of single characters in the centre panel really show how much the curved screen reduced the distortions inherent in the 27mm taking lenses and camera setup. In the flat letterboxed transfer, the panorama appears to recede from the viewer; in SmileBox, it embraces the viewer.

Gary, are you planning on doing a comparison on How the West Was Won? I'd love to see some screencaps of the SmileBoxed BD.

Sweet! Thanks, Gary.

Gary, in the 6-disc version of Grindhouse, is Planet Terror still 1.78:1 or 2.35:1? I'm referring to the Grindhouse disc which combines the two features and the trailers, which looks like disc 3 of the set.

Actually, that's not entirely true. Superscope was the precursor to Super35, and the initial prints were struck in a 2:1 AR, with the image centred between the optical track and a black stripe of corresponding width on the other side of the frame. This meant that anytime a Superscope print was...

Or like early 4 colour lithographs.

I must concur. It's hard to convey on a website just how much more detail there is to HD, especially when you're having to downconvert every capture so it doesn't slow down the site too much. It's much better to see it in person on a properly calibrated display, since my experience with HD in B...

Just wait; what's going to stop MGM from releasing the La Cage Au Folles films as a triple feature on a DVD-14?

Those screencaps look amazing. Any word on a Fiddler on the Roof comparison? I'm wondering if the double dip will be worth it, as the previous SE was nothing to sneeze at.

Gary, any chance of doing a comparison of Warners' new 50th Birthday Edition of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the previous release? I don't want to double dip unless there is an obvious improvement.

Waiting for your comparison of the new Labyrinth CE with the previous versions.