HBO HD: Does it ever broadcast films in OAR?
02-12-06 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by trespoochies
Okay, has anybody noticed the OAR of The Peacemaker on HBOHD? The OAR is 2:35, but HBO has it in what looks to be something more like 2:40 or greater. The black bars are somewhat bigger than normal for a scope movie. I was just wondering what the hell HBO did with this one.
02-13-06 | 01:45 AM
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Cropped 1.85:1 is something i can live with as it's not far away from OAR.
But a 2.35:1 movie cropped to 16x9 would be a disaster. This makes me glad I didn't subscribe to HBOHD as I was contemplating doing so.
But a 2.35:1 movie cropped to 16x9 would be a disaster. This makes me glad I didn't subscribe to HBOHD as I was contemplating doing so.
02-13-06 | 06:06 AM
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1.85:1 films are typically opened up to 1.78:1, not cropped, and since that tiny sliver falls into the overscan area of virtually every television in existence, it's a non-issue.
02-13-06 | 10:26 AM
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I see a lot of them at about 1.85:1, as if they assume the overscan will hide the bars and people will see them fullscreen. My TV is set to zero overscan so I always see everything, sometimes I dial some in to avoid seeing ugly edges.
03-05-06 | 08:05 PM
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on HBO HD the last couple of days, they have shown both Titanic and The Hunt for Red October in their OAR. I can understand they'd show Titanic correctly, but October seems like a movie they wouldn't care to stretch.
