UPDATE The Abyss and True Lies --4K Now Possibly In 2019 (See Post #69) (1 Viewer)

[WillG]

Yeah ... But at least the *packaging* states that it's anamorphic ...

^ True Lies...

Doesn't the DVD have some kind of flag that auto zooms on certain players/displays? Perhaps how they make the "anamorphic" claim

 

[gadgtfreek]

Opening Pandora's Box when you start telling me Abyss and True Lies may get some UHD treatment!

 

[dpippel]

Doesn't the DVD have some kind of flag that auto zooms on certain players/displays? Perhaps how they make the "anamorphic" claim

First I've heard of it. The DVD has never done this in my setup over the years, when I can actually force myself to watch it that is.

 

[Camper]

What have we spawned? I'm guilty two.

 

[gadgtfreek]

What have we spawned? I'm guilty two.

Strange days are upon us.

 

[WillG]

First I've heard of it. The DVD has never done this in my setup over the years, when I can actually force myself to watch it that is.

On one of my setups, it does autozoom and my other main display it does not. I did some checking and found there is some kind of flag on the disc.

Here's a thread on it:

http://www.highdefforum.com/blu-ray...s-strange-thing-some-non-anamorphic-dvds.html

 

[dpippel]

Interesting. My, we certainly have come a LONG way since the days of non-anamorphic DVD! Thanks for the link Will.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Doesn't the DVD have some kind of flag that auto zooms on certain players/displays? Perhaps how they make the "anamorphic" claim

I used to own a Panasonic DVD player (I think the model was RP-91) that would auto zoom and scale a non-anamorphic widescreen DVD on a 16x9 display if the disc was properly flagged. I removed the player from my system when the number of non-anamorphic titles in my collection dwindled -- I think the only one I have left is They Shoot Horses, Don't They.

 

[DavidJ]

That was a good player.

 

[Joel Fontenot]

My current Sony BD player (BDP-S3200 from 2014) will autozoom my DVD of this.

 

[PMF]

Whatever happened to Brent Reid?
He's an excellent editor.

Well, I can't keep it away from this crew any longer.
I sat next to Jacqueline Bisset for over 2.5 hours, many years ago in a classroom.
Believe it or not, she was actually far more beautiful in real life than in the movies.
Her presence of that moment in time has since then ruined it for all other woman.
No substitutions; I'd rather be alone.

Oh, wait a minute...I've got the wrong film, here.
I always get The Abyss confused with The Deep;
not as films, but only within their aquatic titles.

 

[KPmusmag]

Doesn't the DVD have some kind of flag that auto zooms on certain players/displays? Perhaps how they make the "anamorphic" claim

Yes, it does that on my display, along with some other Fox titles. The first DVD of Oklahoma! comes to mind.

 

[WillG]

Yes, it does that on my display, along with some other Fox titles. The first DVD of Oklahoma! comes to mind.

I remember years ago when I had a portable DVD player and it was at the time the only 16:9 display I owned and I played the original DVD of "The Thing" on it must have done the autozoom because my thought was "looks anamorphic to me, what's the fuss about" (I also think, though not 100% sure, the artwork on the disc incorrectly indicated "Anamorphic Widescreen")

 

[Johnny Angell]

Whatever happened to Brent Reid?
He's an excellent editor.

Well, I can't keep it away from this crew any longer.
I sat next to Jacqueline Bisset for over 2.5 hours, many years ago in a classroom.
Believe it or not, she was actually far more beautiful in real life than in the movies.
Her presence of that moment in time has since then ruined it for all other woman.
No substitutions; I'd rather be alone.

Oh, wait a minute...I've got the wrong film, here.
I always get The Abyss confused with The Deep;
not as films, but only within their aquatic titles.

I'm surprised you can keep track of anything after sitting next to Jacqueline for one minute, but you did it for 2.5 hours. What kind of class entitles you to set next to her?

 

[PMF]

I'm surprised you can keep track of anything after sitting next to Jacqueline for one minute, but you did it for 2.5 hours. What kind of class entitles you to set next to her?

Who ever said that I was able to keep track?
I've been lost ever since; which is reflected in some of my Posts that oftentimes requires an editor.
You have one guess as to the kind of class it was. If you guess correctly, then I will honestly confirm.

 

[Johnny Angell]

Who ever said that I was able to keep track?
I've been lost ever since; which is reflected in some of my Posts that oftentimes requires an editor.
You have one guess as to the kind of class it was. If you guess correctly, then I will honestly confirm.

Uh, sex education? I'm hoping...Second choice is acting.

 

[TonyD]

Doesn't the DVD have some kind of flag that auto zooms on certain players/displays? Perhaps how they make the "anamorphic" claim

I think it's because the menu is.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I think it's because the menu is.

Flags for the menus are separate from flags for the actual film. For example, one of the sets of Marx Brothers films I owned on DVD had the menus improperly flagged as widescreen non-anamorphic. My Panasonic RP-91 would auto zoom the menu so that I could not see all of it. Once the feature film started, though, everything was displayed properly.

 

[PMF]

Uh, sex education? I'm hoping...Second choice is acting.

You made two guesses, instead of one.
Your first guess was incorrect.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Diving class.