Sabrina Blu-ray cropped to 1.78:1?

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by macgeek2005

I just discovered that my Sabrina Blu-Ray is cropped on the top and bottom compared to the DVD, turning it into a widescreen picture.

Why did they do this, and does anybody have access to a list of all the classic movies that received such treatment?

95%+ of all movies 1.78 or 1.85 ratio are matted from a 1.33 negative. Some are "hard-matted" in which there is no extra picture trimmed from top and bottom, but 95% or so are soft-matted and opened up for home viewing on cable, vhs and some dvds.