JM1

Anyone have this yet?

On the directors rough cut on the second disc, the ratio appears to default to 4:3 but with very large black bars either side of the screen - essentially it's a totally square picture.

I know this is a rough cut, and apologies are made for the pic quality in the booklet, that's fine. But I have never seen a 4:3 pic that actually has those huge black bars - normaly it's full screen. I cannot change it via my TV settings, nothing works.

And yes, my TV settings are correct, as I say this has never happened before. I have not tried changing my DVD settings, but I should not have to, and have never needed to before.

What's curious is that the snippets of the directors cut that are shown in the making of doc are full screen, so just wondered what gives.

Is this deliberate, or is it a mistake?

Can anyone out there shed any light on this?

JM1

Sorry, did not realise this is not officially released until 23rd. Sometimes here in the UK import copies are released up to 2 weeks ahead of time.

Obviously need to wait until you guys start getting your copies.

El Kabong

Won't be out for 2 weeks & I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but it sounds like it's 4x3 anamorphic. Many supplements are done this way. It prevents the picture from being stretched & still gives better resolution. That may not be what you'er describing though. On a 16x9 set it would be 4x3 with bars on the left & right- same as commercials/non-HD material on an HD statio0n.

rasalas

Yes.

But you need to change them this time. I had the same problem until I changed the playback setting on my DVD player from "16x9 widescreen" to "4x3 letterbox." Once I did, the image filled my 4:3 screen.

d2cheer

Any chance there will be a review in the Star Tribune for this???

rasalas

It's on the schedule for a short write-up, but I won't know until next Sunday night when I actually write the column.

El Kabong

Are you watching on a 4x3 tv or 16x9? If it's 16x9, then it's 4x3 anamorphic. If your tv is 4x3 & you're getting black bars on the sides, I don't know what to tell you?

JM1

16x9, 32" TV. I changed the DVD settings to 4:3, and it fills the screen ok.

Not a problem, but it's just the only film I have ever had to do that on.

gutwrencher

Big K has it..and has had it for 2 weeks. I picked it up Sunday morning...wont watch it till tomorrow or the next day.