Y can't all BD's be 1.85:1

[DViper2399]

I know everyone has there own opinion but mine is Why can't all Bd's be 1.85:1 ratio?? I think it makes the picture stand out so much more it fills most/to all of the display, I just think it stands out so much better...Back in the DVD & standard TV days I preferred Widescreen DVD's, I would freak if my GF accidentally would buy a fullscreen DVD & exchange it.. But I wish more bd's were 1.85:1 instead of the more common ratio of 2.40:1..Who agree or disagrees?

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by DViper2399

I know everyone has there own opinion but mine is Why can't all Bd's be 1.85:1 ratio?? I think it makes the picture stand out so much more it fills most/to all of the display, I just think it stands out so much better...Back in the DVD & standard TV days I preferred Widescreen DVD's, I would freak if my GF accidentally would buy a fullscreen DVD & exchange it.. But I wish more bd's were 1.85:1 instead of the more common ratio of 2.35:1..Who agree or disagrees?

Why can't we all look like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman?

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by DViper2399

I know everyone has there own opinion but mine is Why can't all Bd's be 1.85:1 ratio?? I think it makes the picture stand out so much more it fills most/to all of the display, I just think it stands out so much better...Back in the DVD & standard TV days I preferred Widescreen DVD's, I would freak if my GF accidentally would buy a fullscreen DVD & exchange it.. But I wish more bd's were 1.85:1 instead of the more common ratio of 2.35:1..Who agree or disagrees?

disagree, cause i like the sides to my movies and OAR.

[t0nythebeat]

100% agree.

[KamiAmaya]

Disagree, OAR FTW


Anyways widescreen TVs are 1.78:1, not 1.85:1, so wouldn't you want 1.78?

Originally Posted by andyman1970

Why can't we all look like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman?

[Bobby Henderson]

More of this "fool screen" baloney?


Jeez.

The silliness never ends when it comes to playing Hollywood movies within one's living room. One the saddest things is some tool getting his new 16X9 HDTV screen, loading up one of his fool screen DVD movies and playing it in stretch-o-vision mode on that new HDTV.


Original Aspect Ratio only. That's my view on it.

[saginawjuggalo]

Because that's the way it is (Thank God) get over it and learn to love the zoom bottom

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

Why can't we all look like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman?

At the same time?!?!

~Alan

[DeeChizzle]

I thought we had an OAR sticky?????? If you have an issue where a movie's aspect ratio is not 1.85:1, then take it up with the director, until then use the full screen mode on your TV.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

Why can't we all look like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman?

Speak for your self...

[durden26]

Damn you black bars!!!!! Damn you to hades!!!!!

[DV what?]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

Why can't we all look like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman?

Doesn't matter to me. Its all about the story.

[Sonny]

I would of agreed with the OP back when I got in to Blu-rays. Now I enjoy the OAR & do not even see the "Black Bars", just the movie.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Bobby Henderson

More of this "fool screen" baloney?


Jeez.

The silliness never ends when it comes to playing Hollywood movies within one's living room. One the saddest things is some tool getting his new 16X9 HDTV screen, loading up one of his fool screen DVD movies and playing it in stretch-o-vision mode on that new HDTV.


Original Aspect Ratio only. That's my view on it.

Oh my god bobby its so funny you say that, check out this story.

So my cousin buy's a 52" samsung a few months back tells me its awesome he loves it, great im happy for him. so months later i go over to visit and i see his tv, yea he was right it is awesome........or so i thought. while i was switching though to channels i noticed the PQ was kind of fuzzy and blown up, to my surprise he had his HD cable box set on SD content
i asked him why do you have it on this? he says the MONSTER hdmi cable is not giving him sound with the HD channels so he leaves it on SD. i tell him so why dont you take it back? he says yea i am( still to this day he hasn't taken it back) mind you he paid $100 for this cable and its not even 6 feet. i told him all about monoprice and he says oh wow thats crazy! im like yea! he still hasn't gotten around to getting those cables so it looks like im going to have to get it for him
so right now as we speak( or type) he whaching SD content blown up on a nice 52" samsung......sad i know but it gets way better.

He still doesn't even have a blu-ray player and he still buys DVD's!
He recently got speed racer and i told him do you how amazing that looks on blu-ray? i keep telling him to buy a ps3 but he tells me its still to exspensive. im like so buy a stand alone player, he says yea i am. i told him on black friday you could get one for under $300, he says yea im going do that........still no BD player

And guess what, he just got the dark night.........on FULL SCREEN DVD!!!!!! ohhhh i give up!!

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally Posted by DViper2399

I know everyone has there own opinion but mine is Why can't all Bd's be 1.85:1 ratio?? I think it makes the picture stand out so much more it fills most/to all of the display, I just think it stands out so much better...Back in the DVD & standard TV days I preferred Widescreen DVD's, I would freak if my GF accidentally would buy a fullscreen DVD & exchange it.. But I wish more bd's were 1.85:1 instead of the more common ratio of 2.40:1..Who agree or disagrees?

I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying you wish all Blu-Ray discs were released in the 1.85:1 ratio, even if it the movie wasn't filmed in that aspect ratio? Or are you only talking about BD's that contain movies that were originally shot for 1.85:1, but for some reason not presented that way on the disc?

If it's the former, I couldn't disagree with you more. What about films shot in 1.33:1? They would be cropped on Blu-Ray if presented in 1.85:1. Films shot in 2.40:1 would also be too cropped, losing some of the left and right sides of the image. What would be the point of that? I prefer to see the films as they were originally intended, when released for theaters.

[PowellPressburger]

The person that started this thread needs SCHOOLIN' I ain't Foolin. :-)

Dangerous Dangerous Ideas... people who don't know how films are made. OUCH.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by saprano

Oh my god bobby its so funny you say that, check out this story.

So my cousin buy's a 52" samsung a few months back tells me its awesome he loves it, great im happy for him. so months later i go over to visit and i see his tv, yea he was right it is awesome........or so i thought. while i was switching though to channels i noticed the PQ was kind of fuzzy and blown up, to my surprise he had his HD cable box set on SD content
i asked him why do you have it on this? he says the MONSTER hdmi cable is not giving him sound with the HD channels so he leaves it on SD. i tell him so why dont you take it back? he says yea i am( still to this day he hasn't taken it back) mind you he paid $100 for this cable and its not even 6 feet. i told him all about monoprice and he says oh wow thats crazy! im like yea! he still hasn't gotten around to getting those cables so it looks like im going to have to get it for him
so right now as we speak( or type) he whaching SD content blown up on a nice 52" samsung......sad i know but it gets way better.

He still doesn't even have a blu-ray player and he still buys DVD's!
He recently got speed racer and i told him do you how amazing that looks on blu-ray? i keep telling him to buy a ps3 but he tells me its still to exspensive. im like so buy a stand alone player, he says yea i am. i told him on black friday you could get one for under $300, he says yea im going do that........still no BD player

And guess what, he just got the dark night.........on FULL SCREEN DVD!!!!!! ohhhh i give up!!

Sad....But a great story!

[steve_dave]

There would be three and a half Ghostbusters, five and a half children in the Sound of Music, Chewbacca and Han Solo chilling on a couch in Star Wars, and the Enterprise would be misisng its engines if everything were 1.85.

2.35:1/2.40:1 was created by filmmakers to ensure the picture was as grand as possible. This is why the Lethal Weapon series went from 1.85:1 to 2.40.1, the filmmakers felt that the intimacy of the first film didn't work with the large scale action of the sequels. Thus the frame was made wider to give the image and story more breathing room. Same with the Spider-Man series.

Best way to prove this:

Take a picture with your cellphone of five people. Don't crowd them, just take the photo.

Now take a picture with your personal camera of five people.

A lot easier to do when the frame allows for more room. That is why 2.35/2.40 were born. Without it, some of our best movies would never have the emotional feeling of grandeur and awe.

[TObject]

All Blu-rays are 1.78:1 (16:9) and can’t be any other aspect ratio; that’s in the specs. I personally think they should just have allowed any aspect ratio.

[MOONPHASE]

as long as the blu-ray comes out in its OAR then im ok with it