Not sure I understand DvdTalks' "I, Madman" review?
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Not sure I understand DvdTalks' "I, Madman" review?
I dropped this from my preorders when I saw that it was full-frame only (just like Fright Night 2). Now this review makes it sound like it's 1:78:1 non-anamorphic?
"MGM's DVD of I, Madman is a fine transfer that unfortunately is not 16:9 enhanced. It crops off well to 1:78, indicating that it's probably been left full-frame and not reformatted or re-framed on the fly during telecine. The marketers must have reasons for choosing this flat, television-intended version over a more appropriate 16:9 transfer."
What does he mean "it crops off well to 1:78"? Does he mean that he used the tv or dvd players' zoom to cut off top & bottom to make the image 16x9? If so, I guess he means it looks like an open-matte. I did that with the Kubrick dvds & it worked pretty well. I was really looking forward to this, it's a shame. I thought full-frame was only supposed to be for family-friendly titles? And it's also a shame that with a small title like this the studios probably just figure no one was interested in the title, and not that it was because of the transfer.
"MGM's DVD of I, Madman is a fine transfer that unfortunately is not 16:9 enhanced. It crops off well to 1:78, indicating that it's probably been left full-frame and not reformatted or re-framed on the fly during telecine. The marketers must have reasons for choosing this flat, television-intended version over a more appropriate 16:9 transfer."
What does he mean "it crops off well to 1:78"? Does he mean that he used the tv or dvd players' zoom to cut off top & bottom to make the image 16x9? If so, I guess he means it looks like an open-matte. I did that with the Kubrick dvds & it worked pretty well. I was really looking forward to this, it's a shame. I thought full-frame was only supposed to be for family-friendly titles? And it's also a shame that with a small title like this the studios probably just figure no one was interested in the title, and not that it was because of the transfer.
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Re: Not sure I understand DvdTalks' "I, Madman" review?
Originally posted by El Kabong
Does he mean that he used the tv or dvd players' zoom to cut off top & bottom to make the image 16x9?
Does he mean that he used the tv or dvd players' zoom to cut off top & bottom to make the image 16x9?
