Happiness Signature Series - Non-anamorphic?

Started by jasper_window, June 03, 2003, 12:15:01 PM

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Sleuth

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MacGuffin

Quote from: tremoloslothWhat does anamorphic mean?

16x9 Anamorphic Enhancement

The new DTV Television standard does not use a square (4:3) television set image area, but rather a 16:9 aspect ratio. This can present a problem when displaying DVD video on widescreen monitors. The full widescreen image is is "squished" horizontally on the disc, using what is known as an anamorphic process. Material stored anamorphically has to then be unsqueezed horizontally ("downconverted") by the DVD player be properly displayed on a standard 4:3 television. The DVD player removes every fifth line from the picture, and adds letterboxed bars to the top and bottom to display the wide image correctly.

Otherwise, the DVD player outputs the 16x9 "squished" image directly to a 16x9 player, which unsqueezes the image. The benefit of anamorphic enhancement is that it allows the image to be displayed at a higher resolution (hence better image quality), and still remain compatible with both 4:3 and 16x9 displays.
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ono

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=anamorphic

Relating to, having, or producing different optical imaging effects along mutually perpendicular radii: an anamorphic lens.

Well, that just clears things up nicely, now doesn't it?  ;)

Seriously, what I think this means (not sure) is that, well, since an anamorphic lens allows you to shoot in a different aspect ratio, a nonanamorphic Happiness will be one where the aspect ratio was not changed.  Or something.  I stand to be corrected, though.  :-P

SoNowThen

So the non-anamorphic will not be noticeably on my shitty tv (but will still be widescreen), but if I had a widescreen tv, I would see that the image wasn't quite right? This is how I understand it. Something can be widescreen, but they didn't use an anamorphic transfer, so the image will be slightly off...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Sleuth

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Redlum

My r2 copy is letterboxed, non anamorphic - i.e. you have to zoom in so that it fills a widescreen. Which does degrade the overall image quality, not too bad though. Very good transfer anyways.
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godardian

Quote from: redlumMy r2 copy is letterboxed, non anamorphic - i.e. you have to zoom in so that it fills a widescreen. Which does degrade the overall image quality, not too bad though. Very good transfer anyways.

If you decide not to zoom in and let the letterbox remain on your 16 x 9 screen, does it "stretch" it horizontally, or show it in correct proportion? If the latter, I'd think that would be preferable...
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Redlum

Nah a 16:9 zoom on letterboxed material would stretch it proportionally. Most of this lingo is used inappropriately on a lot of tvs anyways but you can generally tell what the various settings are doing.
\"I wanted to make a film for kids, something that would present them with a kind of elementary morality. Because nowadays nobody bothers to tell those kids, \'Hey, this is right and this is wrong\'.\"
  -  George Lucas

Duck Sauce

My 42hdx82 has a mode to zoom in on the image and crop out the bars but the quality is significantly decreased

modage

big hi-def widescreen tvs?   :x *(shits and pukes simultaneously from jealousy)
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Ravi

DVDfile.com's review of this disc is up.  It's the exact same non-anamorphic disc as the first issue.  What a disappointment.

jokerspath

Quote from: RaviDVDfile.com's review of this disc is up.  It's the exact same non-anamorphic disc as the first issue.  What a disappointment.

I second that notion...

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