General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals (11 Viewers)

[Robert Crawford]

No, all that empty space at the top is lopped off giving a more pleasing frame for viewing. As for the loss of resolution, I just chalk it up (in my mind) to a poor transfer.

It was more of a rhetorical question because I have experimented a lot in the past with such open matte movies on disc and digital by changing my TV or player aspect ratios. The loss of resolution bothers me more than 1.37 aspect ratio.

 

[Mark-P]

Zooming doesn't actually change the resolution of the desired pixels, it only eliminates the undesired ones. Yes a proper widescreen transfer has more resolution than a zoomed one does in the same way that an anamorphic DVD has more resolution than a letterboxed DVD. If you have an open-matte Blu-ray or HD digital file, the image is around 1440 X 1080 and if you matte it to 1.78:1 your resolution becomes 1440 X 810, you're not changing the resolution of the part of the image you are saving, only lopping off 135 lines from the top and 135 from the bottom. So, in closing, a matted HD 4 X 3 image is a little bit greater that 720p but not nearly as bad as SD.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Zooming doesn't actually change the resolution of the desired pixels, it only eliminates the undesired ones. Yes a proper widescreen transfer has more resolution than a zoomed one does in the same way that an anamorphic DVD has more resolution than a letterboxed DVD. If you have an open-matte Blu-ray or HD digital file, the image is around 1440 X 1080 and if you matte it to 1.78:1 your resolution becomes 1440 X 810, you're not changing the resolution of the part of the image you are saving, only lopping off 135 lines from the top and 135 from the bottom. So, in closing, a matted HD 4 X 3 image is a little bit greater that 720p but not nearly as bad as SD.

It's enough that I noticed a difference in picture quality. Again, I'm not trying to debate this issue except to state my preferences as I respect the preferences of others that are fine with zooming the image.

 

[Mark-P]

It's enough that I noticed a difference in picture quality. Again, I'm not trying to debate this issue except to state my preferences as I respect the preferences of others that are fine with zooming the image.

And I, in turn am also not trying to sell anybody on anything they don't like, but I'll make one last comment, and then shut up as this has gone off-topic. There is a difference in what I am doing compared to what others are doing regarding zooming. I'm not rescaling the image, but instead using my projector's lens memory which is lens-zooming the image where the pixels themselves get larger as the image zooms larger. So it's possible that lens-zooming looks much better than the rescaling that occurs with flat panels.

 

[Sam Posten]

And about 1 in 1000 people who have the will to do that actually have the capability.

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Tino]

Thanks for the heads up Sam! Picked up Judy (4K) and Jay And Silent Bob Reboot. Own all the rest.

 

[TonyD]

So you’re the one who liked Reboot.

 

[Tino]

So you’re the one who liked Reboot.

Dunno. Bought it blind.

 

[Sam Posten]

I also bought Reboot plus Chappaquidick

 

[TonyD]

Dunno. Bought it blind.

Did you watch it?

Im a big fan of Kevin Smith but that movie and the last few have not been good.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Reboot is worth about $3.99 so I picked it up. Just ninety minutes or so of continuous fan service, but it's fun on that level.

 

[TravisR]

Reboot is worth about $3.99 so I picked it up. Just ninety minutes or so of continuous fan service, but it's fun on that level.

Yeah, it's made pretty much just for fans but it's silly fun and I liked it.

 

[Osato]

I picked up Red 4k for $5.

some other titles on my list had price cuts but were $8 or $9.99. I’ll wait on those.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I picked up Red 4k for $5.

some other titles on my list had price cuts but were $8 or $9.99. I’ll wait on those.

The sequel is $4.99, as well. I have never seen the sequel -- anyone have comments on that film?

 

[Robert Crawford]

The sequel is $4.99, as well. I have never seen the sequel -- anyone have comments on that film?

Not nearly as good as the first film. With that said, I saw it at the movie theater and still bought the 4K disc.

 

[Tino]

The sequel is $4.99, as well. I have never seen the sequel -- anyone have comments on that film?

Horrible beyond belief. Hated it.

 

[dpippel]

Looks like another week of (IMO) overpriced iTunes 4K titles. Yawn.

 

[Tino]

I did pickup

Overboard
Uncle Drew (4K)

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

The Guns of Navarone is 4k on Vudu, Movies Anywhere and Google Play. It's $5 right now at Vudu. The iTunes version is still only HD.