The World at War (1974 documentary) - 11/16
07-30-10 | 10:24 AM
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The World at War (1974 documentary) - 11/16
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wor...nnounced/14172
The definitive version of one of the greatest documentary series ever made. Each frame has been painstakingly restored,and the audio enhanced and upgraded so that this is the best this award-winning series has ever looked and sounded. Now on Blu-ray, this is the ultimate way to watch this classic series. Narrated by Laurence Olivier and first broadcast in the UK in 1973, when memories of the Second World War were still clear in people's minds and the war's veterans numerous. Over the course of 26 episodes this unique series assembled these recollections, together with archive footage, to create one of the most powerful and successful historical documentaries ever seen. The voices of those that fought, worked or watched during the war gave each episode a vivid sense of what it was like to be there and was the hallmark of the series.
07-30-10 | 11:45 AM
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07-30-10 | 12:19 PM
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This article suggests that the BD will be cropped to 16:9 from the original 4:3 AR:
Both DVD and Blu-ray formats will be in 16:9 ratio for optimised viewing on modern wide-screen televisions.
07-30-10 | 12:49 PM
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This article suggests that the BD will be cropped to 16:9 from the original 4:3 AR:
07-30-10 | 04:07 PM
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This article suggests that the BD will be cropped to 16:9 from the original 4:3 AR:
GODDAMMIT!! Best news of the year turns into the WORST news within a few microseconds.... Don't they realize that a 1974 niche series is going to be purchased by "those who care"!
Speak with your wallets, and REFUSE to buy this 16:9 cropped garbage! I can only hope this is a false rumor and that the series will be released in its OAR.
If not, well it is $100 saved and means that I will never purchase from Fremantle media again. This is a company that I once greatly respected for their fine encodes, and attention to detail.
07-30-10 | 04:11 PM
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This article suggests that the BD will be cropped to 16:9 from the original 4:3 AR:
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07-30-10 | 04:23 PM
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This article suggests that the BD will be cropped to 16:9 from the original 4:3 AR:
It's time to write some angry letters, folks. Please don't let me be the only one.
07-30-10 | 08:32 PM
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If it's OAR I will buy, if not forget it. I wish MGM could release Blue Water, White Death. I love that documentary
07-30-10 | 08:56 PM
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Not that I would have bought this version anyway, as I already have the 2005 DVD set, and I don't plan on ever replacing my current DVDs with Blu, but with this news about the OAR...
11-02-10 | 10:18 PM
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Re: The World at War (1974 documentary) - 11/16
damn...we saw this in one of my film classes once....epic as fuck. Not in it's OAR..wow. I wasn't a fan of the 4:3 on it..but it WAS made in the 70s for TV. So...it had to be that way. I want the OAR..but..unless this bastard goes much cheaper...I ain't buying it...but oh...I so want it.
11-03-10 | 02:40 PM
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As soon as I heard about this cropping I picked up a dvd copy of this series.
I hope to god that other review sites don't follow the bluray.com review and give this such high ratings for PQ.
That site has moved over to my least-trusted list of online reviews.
I hope to god that other review sites don't follow the bluray.com review and give this such high ratings for PQ.
That site has moved over to my least-trusted list of online reviews.
11-03-10 | 02:45 PM
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It's pretty clear you didn't read a single damn word of the review.
11-03-10 | 03:54 PM
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I've got to agree that the BD.com review is not worth taking seriously He lost me when he wrote, "Would it have been better to have had this series in 1.33:1? Probably." Probably?!? No, definitely. Obviously, OAR is not a big deal for that reviewer despite him claiming that he preferred it early on.
11-03-10 | 04:30 PM
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Right.... Or that reviewer was paid off by Fremantle!
This release is a travesty and an obvious cash-grab... The HD broadcasts can be and *are* a separate entity from the Blu-Ray release. They took the easy way out, and even admitted that the 1.33:1 re-mastering was done, and ready.
The blu-ray.com reviewer is, however, absolutely correct when he says no resolution is gained by zooming-in and re-framing a 1.33:1 16mm master for 1.78:1. What a pointless exercise by Fremantle. They bowed down to the HD broadcasters in a way that proves they know by whom their bread is buttered.
I wouldn't take this blu for free... and it's probably my favorite docu- series of the 1970s
This release is a travesty and an obvious cash-grab... The HD broadcasts can be and *are* a separate entity from the Blu-Ray release. They took the easy way out, and even admitted that the 1.33:1 re-mastering was done, and ready.
The blu-ray.com reviewer is, however, absolutely correct when he says no resolution is gained by zooming-in and re-framing a 1.33:1 16mm master for 1.78:1. What a pointless exercise by Fremantle. They bowed down to the HD broadcasters in a way that proves they know by whom their bread is buttered.
I wouldn't take this blu for free... and it's probably my favorite docu- series of the 1970s
11-03-10 | 04:58 PM
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