How I Met Your Mother Aspect Ratio
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How I Met Your Mother Aspect Ratio
I just finished watching season 1 of How I Met Your Mother and loved it. On a side note, I was curious as to why this was presented in full screen. I figured since it is a newer show that it is probably shown in widescreen. I have never caught the show in its regular airtime on CBS. Is the show's original aspect ratio 4:3 or did they just not put the DVD in widescreen?
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From what I read, they just didn't release the DVD in widescreen.
That was something that was fixed for the Season 2 release, after the complaints they got.
That was something that was fixed for the Season 2 release, after the complaints they got.
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The show has always aired in widescreen, and it looks much better that way. The full screen presentation on the first season DVD was just a very stupid error that has been corrected for season two. I doubt it will ever happen, but I would love to see a season one rerelease with the widescreen episodes. Maybe for the inevitable complete series set?
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^ probably. so far into the series, i love it enough to double-dip on a series set when the time comes. but hopefully the series goes on several more years so it'd be a long time coming.
from the looks of it though, the show is framed for 4:3 as there tends to be just empty space on the sides the majority of the time. nevertheless, having a widescreen tv, it would have been nice to have a widescreen s1.
from the looks of it though, the show is framed for 4:3 as there tends to be just empty space on the sides the majority of the time. nevertheless, having a widescreen tv, it would have been nice to have a widescreen s1.
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The opening credits still bug me on this. The first few episodes of the show, they were full 16:9, and then they switched to the windowbox (I guess so it would have the letterbox look for 4:3?). But they didnt bother to fix it for the DVDs...got to imagine the credits look really dumb on a 4:3 TV. I know CBS must allow for an SD master and an HD master (I remember Everybody Loves Raymonds credits took the full 16:9 frame), so why is this necessary?