Hollywood North (1 Viewer)

[Tom Tsai]

Does anyone have the specs for this dvd? I've searched around and none of them list the specs for this dvd.



Also, online sites such as amazon.ca, dvdsoon.com and cnl.com all list a Canadian version coming out on April 6. Does anyone know what the differences between these two versions will be?

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Saw it via Netflix. It's not a bad little movie!

If I remember correctly it was bare-bones and full-frame.

 

[Tom Tsai]

I guess I'll wait for the Canadian version then. Thanks!

 

[Elizabeth S]

Tom,

I watched my copy of "Hollywood North" tonight. It's actually widescreen. The back of the jacket strangely says "1.85:1", and right below it, "Full Screen". (Though there is no full-screen version on it.)

The odd thing is that I have a 4:3 TV, and the DVD player has always been set to 4:3 display, which shows a letterboxed film properly. However, in this instance, when I popped in the disc, there was like a double letterboxing effect -- a light gray border, surrounded by the usual black letterboxing border. The picture appeared stretched. I had to go into the DVD player menu to choose "16:9", which allowed the film to show properly letterboxed on my 4:3 set. I've seen this noted before for some DVDs at some Asian retailers as such:

"Film notes: The picture may appear as Full-Screen, unless shown on a 16:9 television. If the picture appears to be slightly stretched horizontally on 4:3 televisions, set the TV mode to 16:9 and the picture will display correctly. Viewers with a 16:9 setup will not have this problem."

I think it's only the 2nd time ever I had to change the display setting on the DVD player for proper letterboxed viewing. (In this instance, the picture never appeared as Full-screen, but had the strange double letterboxing and stretched picture.)

Why does this strange stretching occur on a small minority of DVDs which requires that the display setting be changed?

Anyway. . .the only extras are trailers for "Hollywood North", "The Bone Snatcher" and "Between Strangers".

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I stand corrected...I think.

That's what happens when I work from memory only.

 

[Tom Tsai]

I'm going to take my chances on the Canadian version then. It can't be any more bare than this right?...now just hope they don't release it in fullscreen only...