Anamorphic vs. non-anamorphic DVDs
03-26-05 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Worms
I just resently began getting serious about collecting DVD's and this was the one question that I had. Now I know the difference. Now I want to make sure that my collection is anamorphic. Is there an easy way to do this using say DVD Profiler and do I just do it the manual way?
Originally Posted by Big Worms
Wow you were fast! I was just working on that as well. How did you do that? I took the XML export and did some filtering with that. Came back with the same list.
EDIT -- if you want to filter out any Full Frame/Pan & Scan titles if there are any clear the boxes next to both of those choices too and it'll show you JUST widescreen non-Anamorphic titles.
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03-26-05 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
Nothing. In fact, I heard/read somewhere that it's actually easier/cheaper to do an anamorphic transfer than a non-anamorphic one. It all has to do with just telling the DVD manufacturer to do an anamorphic transfer. It's not quite that simple, but just about.
When transferring a new widescreen film, there is no excuse not to make it anamorphic. But some of these catalog titles have limited sales potential and the studio doesn't want to spring for a new transfer when they already have something ready.
03-26-05 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
The point was that for many of these titles the studio already had non-anamorphic laserdisc masters available and was too cheap to spend the money on a new anamorphic transfer.
When transferring a new widescreen film, there is no excuse not to make it anamorphic. But some of these catalog titles have limited sales potential and the studio doesn't want to spring for a new transfer when they already have something ready.
When transferring a new widescreen film, there is no excuse not to make it anamorphic. But some of these catalog titles have limited sales potential and the studio doesn't want to spring for a new transfer when they already have something ready.
02-03-06 | 04:50 PM
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Is Brazil CC anamorphic?
02-06-21 | 08:01 PM
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Re: Anamorphic vs. non-anamorphic DVDs
Is the 1991 film "Career Opportunities" anamorphic or non anamorphic ?
It says 2.35:1, DVD was released by MCA Home video around '98.
I run it on my laptop, smaller screen with annoying black borders, expanding image just makes Jennifer Connelly look fuzzy lol.
The Blu Ray will be released by Kino Lorber on June 22.
When they did this DVD, did they just take the transfer off a laserdisc ?
How different is a Blu Ray transfer than a DVD transfer pertaining to this movie ?
It says 2.35:1, DVD was released by MCA Home video around '98.
I run it on my laptop, smaller screen with annoying black borders, expanding image just makes Jennifer Connelly look fuzzy lol.
The Blu Ray will be released by Kino Lorber on June 22.
When they did this DVD, did they just take the transfer off a laserdisc ?
How different is a Blu Ray transfer than a DVD transfer pertaining to this movie ?
02-07-21 | 06:51 AM
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Re: Anamorphic vs. non-anamorphic DVDs
Is the 1991 film "Career Opportunities" anamorphic or non anamorphic ?
It says 2.35:1, DVD was released by MCA Home video around '98.
I run it on my laptop, smaller screen with annoying black borders, expanding image just makes Jennifer Connelly look fuzzy lol.
The Blu Ray will be released by Kino Lorber on June 22.
When they did this DVD, did they just take the transfer off a laserdisc ?
How different is a Blu Ray transfer than a DVD transfer pertaining to this movie ?
It says 2.35:1, DVD was released by MCA Home video around '98.
I run it on my laptop, smaller screen with annoying black borders, expanding image just makes Jennifer Connelly look fuzzy lol.
The Blu Ray will be released by Kino Lorber on June 22.
When they did this DVD, did they just take the transfer off a laserdisc ?
How different is a Blu Ray transfer than a DVD transfer pertaining to this movie ?
I’m not surprised that on a laptop it is hard to tell, but displayed properly on a widescreen TV it should be easy to tell that the transfer is anamorphic (again, unless dvdcompare is wrong). That being said, I’m sure that it doesn’t look great, and a new BD will likely look leaps and bounds better. DVD discs can only hold a small fraction of what a BD disc can hold, and there’s usually no comparison.
Last edited by slybone; 02-07-21 at 06:57 AM.
