2 months without watching the show!
POSTED BY: PoeandFaith
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2006 00:37
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It's been 3 weeks for me as well. And I gave away my only copy of the BDS while I was on vacation to a fellow browncoat.
AAIIIEEE! Where are my video tapes of the series from when it was on the network-that-shall-not-be-named? Why the 
don'y I label tapes anyway? ARRGGGHHH!!!
*whimper*
******
RMMC
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Quote:Is letterbox just not another term for widescreen?
Originally posted by ElDusto:
It was filmed in widescreen. I get everything in widescreen, if I can.
Or am I trippin'?
Still confused Chrisisall
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Yay! I return from work with a cargo-hold full o' advice. Thanks guys. Perhaps I will crash 'round these parts for a bit. I don't have a cell phone (that's not in pieces) but I do like the idea.
Sorry to hear about your amazing memory Simonwho. (wow. That's a new one...)I suppose it's best...I couldn't imagine watching Firefly becoming a tedious chore...
I always thought Widescreen and Letterbox were two separate styles, myself...I'll look it up on Wikipedia or something...
Dear Diary... Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.
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I maybe be wrong, but I think it has to do with the size of the screen. The if the black bars are really big, then it's letterbox.(sorry, I'm at a loss for words and can't think of a technical way to describe this) If they're there, but not ginormous, then it's widescreen, and if they're not there it's fullscreen.
But I could just be pulling that out of my... um, ear.
HONKS
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A HD VERSION?! when?! WE WANTS IT, PRECIOUS! >_<
"... ... Yup. That went well."
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Is letterbox just not another term for widescreen?
Or am I trippin'?
Letterbox is the aspect ratio (width/height ratio) that most theatrical movies have been filmed in filmed in. Widescreen has become the standard for HDTV. I'm not sure why they switched, but there is a difference
TV (NTSC) => 4:3
Letterbox => 2.35:1
widescreen => 16:9
more info: http://www.rexer.com/cine/oar.htm
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Is letterbox just not another term for widescreen?
Originally posted by ElDusto:
It was filmed in widescreen. I get everything in widescreen, if I can.
Or am I trippin'?
Still confused Chrisisall
That's my understanding.
I would think that ElDusto meant to say Pan&Scan (fullscreen), but he also said that it was viewed it on HD Cinemax, and I was under the impression that they broadcast in Original Aspect Ratio. So I may be trippin' also...
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I think the poster of "it was in letterbox" meant to say that "it wasn't in letterbox"
I don't know... Serenity was filmed in 2.35
Cinemax HD airs Serenity in 1.78
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Quote:
Originally posted by PIK:
A HD VERSION?! when?! WE WANTS IT, PRECIOUS! >_<
"... ... Yup. That went well."
It's coming to Universal HD in October...
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Quote:
Originally posted by goat:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Is letterbox just not another term for widescreen?
Or am I trippin'?
Letterbox is the aspect ratio (width/height ratio) that most theatrical movies have been filmed in filmed in. Widescreen has become the standard for HDTV. I'm not sure why they switched, but there is a difference
TV (NTSC) => 4:3
Letterbox => 2.35:1
widescreen => 16:9
more info: http://www.rexer.com/cine/oar.htm
Letterboxing is the presentation of a widescreen film with black bars at the top and bottom.
they can't call DVDs letterboxed because the bars are added (to 1.78-1.85) films in the player, because viewing a DVD on a widescreen tv has no letterboxing.
I haven't checked the link you posted yet but the breakdown of 4:3, 2.35 and 16x9 is wrong...
I'm not sure of the names off the top of my head but, 1.66, 1.85, 2.1, 2.35 and 3.0 all have different names based on the lens that were used to film osciloscope, panara- man I can't think right now
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