Rypro 525

I've seen ads for it ect, but since the movie is 1:66 oar, I wasn't sure if it is anamorphic or not. Have they said yet?

garmonbozia

The Canadian disc was anamorphic.....so I would speculate that the US one will be too since it is the same company, WB.

Robert George

Unfortunately, the transfer on Warner's upcoming 2-disc SE of Giant is not enhanced for 16:9. Even more maddening because it is a very noticably superior transfer to the Canadian disc in every other aspect.

(BTW, that is firsthand info. I have the disc already.).

J.P.V.

It's not anamorphic.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=140723

garmonbozia

so much for my speculation....

maybe I'll just keep my Canadian disc then. Don't really feel like rebuying this movie anyway because I just didn't really like it that much....and I tried to like, really I did.

garmonbozia

could you elaborate a bit? What specifically is better about the transfer?

There is a lot of grain on the Canadian dvd, but since I had never seen the film before, I had nothing to compare it to. Is the film supposed to have less grain?

indycohiba

Unbelievable!!! What are they thinking.

hondo21

They're thinking what they've always thought -- that 1.66:1 movies don't deserve anamorphic enhancement. They're wrong ... but that's what they're thinking.

Personally, while I'd rather they were anamorphic I usually just watch them in "normal" mode rather than zoom the picture in my 16:9 screen (i.e., with black bars all the way around). I don't like chopping off any picture and the image size is large enough on a 58" screen.

bigE

Contrary to popular opinion, I for one prefer grain in my video source. What's being replicated is film not video & film should have grain. Just my .02 ... I usually watch stuff in OAR because sharpness suffers when anamorphically stretched which in turn causes bleeding around the edges. (Even on my Panny RP91 which alledgedly has superior scaling; as viewed on a new Mits 65711) Anyone else notice this???

That being said, I was going to forgo the new SE anyway & keep my Canadian release.

jonathan.e

Well, well, well.... DVDFile:

Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 and anamorphically encoded (you may notice small black bars on the sides depending on the amount of overscan on your monitor), Giant gets the deluxe treatment here.

djtoell

This same reviewer also claimed in a review that Eraserhead was 2 discs, had a PCM track, and had interviews with most of those involved with the film. All 3 are untrue, although he only ever revised his review to correct the first 2. Everyone else to get Giant so far reports a non-anamorphic transfer, so given this particular reviewer's history...

DJ

Johnny Zhivago

Yup. WB, while making some of the best 2 disc SEs on the market IMHO, have a completely ass backwards view on 1.66:1 transfers...

djtoell

DVDFile has revised their review to properly indicate that the disc is non-anamorphic.

DJ