[opendtv] Re: Pan-scan-zoom (was: 70th Anniversary Blu-ray and standard DVDs of the Wizard of Oz)
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:39:40 -0400
At 7:27 AM -0400 10/8/09, John Shutt wrote:
A brilliant concept, however I don't think I have ever come across
even one DVD that has truly been encoded with "Pan-and-Scan"
metadata. All widescreen DVDs I play on my 4:3 television, with
pan-and-scan selected in the DVD player, always provides a 4:3
center cut, and that's all. For that matter, I don't think I have
ever come across a DVD encoded with multiple scenes, either.
And we have the example like this Wizard of Oz release that
deliberately disables pan-and-scan and viewer controlled zoom
functions, because the content creator wants complete and total
control over how his/her original concepts are presented.
If studios can't be bothered to encode simple scene-by-scene
pan-and-scan metadata into DVD releases, why would they spend the
extra time encoding scene-by-scene pan-scan-zoom information for
multiple display sizes?
Good point.
Unfortunately, the TV industry really pissed off Hollywood with the
choice of 16:9 for HDTV.
At least Philips is offering a display that is slightly wider than
the AR that Hollywood wanted (2:1).
The net result is that Hollywood decided that the solution is to
encode ANY AR into the 16:9 bucket with varying amounts of
letterboxing. They really want you to see the entire picture; they do
not want you to view their creations cropped.
Regards
Craig
And don't forget that Tilt and Scan is often a better way to extract
a 16:9 aperture from 4:3 and other sources that do not fill the width
of the 16:9 frame. Some of the studios are using this technique both
for new production and for release of older titles.
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