[opendtv] Re: Once again The Ten Commandments is on ABC tonight in stunnig 4:3
- From: Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:13:48 -0500
The DVD is full 16:9 with no black bars anywhere.
If the content is the same, what legal arrangements would ABC
need to have made to play from the DVD instead of their 4:3 version?
Mark Schubin wrote:
>Cliff Benham wrote:
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>>It's 2005 and you'd think by now whoever owns the film would have a
>>hi def transfer done of this very well shot VistaVision film so ABC could
>>broadcast it that way.
>>Even the Two DVD set has more of the original VistaVision frame in it
>>than ABC is broadcasting.
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>It's difficult to say what the intended aspect ratio of VistaVision movies
>was. I have an original Paramount distribution sheet for a VistaVision movie
>which notes, under "Aspect Ratio," "Any aspect ratio up to 2:1."
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>TTFN,
>Mark
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