List of BDs with Altered Aspect Ratios

[HD Goofnut]

I tried finding a thread that showed when a BD had been altered from its OAR, but it was nowhere to be found. So, I decided to make one. An example would be a film that has a OAR of 1.66/85:1 and is altered to 1.78:1, or 1.33:1 to 1.78:1, or maybe even 2.35/39:1 to 1.78:1. If you notice any titles that are not in the list please post them and I will add them. The most blatant offenders are shown first followed by 1.85/66:1 to 1.78:1, etc titles. Also, if it all possible when you list a title please indicate whether it is cropped or open matted.

All titles are US releases unless noted otherwise.
UK - United Kingdom
HK - Hong Kong
CA - Canada
JP - Japan
CH - China
AU - Australia
CZ - Czech Republic
DE - Germany
DK - Denmark
ES - Spain
FI - Finland
FR - France
IT - Italy
NL - Netherlands
NO - Norway
PL - Poland
PT - Portugal
SE - Sweden
BR - Brazil
KO - Korea
TH - Thailand

TV 1.33/Academy 1.37 to 1.78, Scope/Anamorphic 2.35/2.39:1 to 1.78:1, and other large aspect ratio changes

50 Dead Men Walking - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Angel in the Family* - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1
Baaria - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Blade (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Cropped)
Bloodrayne (DE) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Brooklyn's Finest (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.85:1
Camille - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Cellular (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Chronicles of Narnia, The: Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Director approved)
Cursed (Echo Bridge) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Darkness (Echo Bridge) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Dr. Giggles - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Cropped)
Dracula 2000 - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Equilibrium (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Open matte)
Equilibrium (US, UK) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Cropped)
Elena and Her Men (FR) - 1.66:1 to 1.33:1 (Open matte)
French Cancan (UK) (FR) - 1.66:1 to 1.33:1 (Open matte)
Gulliver's Travels (1939) - 1.37:1 to 1.78:1
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (US, CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Open matte)
Icy Killers - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Ink - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Invisible Man, The: The Complete Series (1975-76) - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1
Ladykillers, The (1955) - 1.66:1 to 1.37:1 (Open matte)
Last Emperor, The - 2.39:1 to 2.02:1 (Cropped)
Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960) - 1.85.1 to 1.33:1 (Open matte)
Lucky Luke: les Dalton en Cavale (CA) - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1
Lookout, The (Echo Bridge) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Man Who Saved Christmas, The* - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1
Money for Nothing - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Optimum UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.33:1 (Cropped)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Director approved)
One + One / Sympathy for the Devil (UK) (FR) - 1.66:1 to 1.33:1 (Open matte)
Icy Killers - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Outcasts: Season One - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Outlander (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Plan 9 From Outer Space - 1.85:1 to 1.33:1 (Open matte)
Icy Killers - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Planet Terror (Unrated) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Director approved)
Roadracers - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1
Running Scared (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Se7en (CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Shadows and Lies - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Supercop (Echo Bridge) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Sympathy for Delicious (US, CA) - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
That '70s Show: Season 1 - 1.33:1 to 1.78:1 (Open matte)
Tintin: The Calculus Affair (CA) 1.37:1 to 1.78:1
Venom - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Versus - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
Witches of Oz, The - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1
World at War, The - 1.37:1 to 1.78:1
World’s Fastest Indian, The - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1 (Director approved)
Yards, The - 2.39:1 to 1.78:1

IMAX 1.43:1 to 1.78:1

Dark Knight, The
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
TRON: Legacy

*(TV movie made on the HDTV era so might be protected/open matte)

[HD Goofnut]

N-Z

Nacho Libre - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Naked Gun, The: From the Files of Police Squad - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Naked Kiss, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Narrows, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
National Lampoon's Vacation - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Natural Born Killers - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Network - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
New in Town - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
New York, I Love You - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Night of the Demons - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Night Train - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Nightmare Before Christmas, The - 1.85:1 to 1.67:1
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 & 3, A - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Nijinski - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
North By Northwest - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Nostalgia for the Light - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Nude Nuns With Big Guns - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Once Upon a Time in America - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
One Last Thing… - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
One Long Night - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Open Season 3D - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Open Season 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Open Season 3 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Origin: Spirits of the Past - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Orphan - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Others, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Our Idiot Brother - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Outbreak - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Ozzy Osbourne: God Bless Ozzy Osbourne - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
P.S. I Love You - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paper Heart - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paranormal Activity - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paranormal Activity (Alternate cut) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paranormal Activity 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paranormal Activity 3 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Parasomnia - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Paris, Texas - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Peep World - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Perfect Weapon, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Perhaps Love - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Phantom Punch - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Phantoms (Echo Bridge) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Pianist, The (UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Piano, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Picnic at Hanging Rock (UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Piranha (1978) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Plague Town - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Player, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Pleasantville - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Power Kids - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Preacher's Kid - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Presumed Innocent / Frantic - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Pride & Prejudice (1995) - 1.66:1 to 1.78:1
Pride and Glory - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Primal Fear - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Princess and the Frog, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Prison Break: The Final Break - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Private Function, A - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Prom - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Protector, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Puppet Master - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Raging Phoenix - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Ran - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Reach for Me - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rebellion (2009) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Recoil - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Red Heat - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Red Mist - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Reds - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Remember Me - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Replicant - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Resident Evil: Degeneration - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rest Stop: Dead Ahead - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Restrepo - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rio Bravo - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rio Lobo - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Road to Nowhere - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Roadie - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Robogeisha - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rock-A-Bye Baby - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rubber - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rudo y Cursi - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rules of Attraction, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rumor Has It… - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Running Man, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
S&Man - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sands of Oblivion - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Santa Claus (1959) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saturday Night Fever - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saving God - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw II - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw III - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw IV - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw V - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw VI - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Saw: The Final Chapter - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scanner Darkly, A - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scary Movie 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scary Movie 3 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scenes from a Mall - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scenic National Parks: Zion & Bryce - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scooby-Doo (2002) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scooby-Doo / Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Score (Cut) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Score (Uncut) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Scrooged - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Search for One-Eye Jimmy, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Searchers, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Season of the Witch - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Secondhand Lions - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Secret of Kells, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Secretary - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
See No Evil - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Senna (UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Serendipity - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Serious Moonlight - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Seven Samurai - 1.37 to 1.33:1
Sex and Death 101 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sex and the City: The Movie - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sex and the City 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sex Drive - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shadow: Dead Riot - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shall We Dance? - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shaun of the Dead - 2.39:1 to 2.28:1
Shawshank Redemption, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sherlock Holmes (2009) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shine a Light - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shock Corridor - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shopping - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shorts - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shrek - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shrek 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Shrek the Third - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sisterhood - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sisters - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sky Crawlers, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sleepwalking - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sleepy Hollow - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Smurfs, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Smurfs 3D, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Something Borrowed - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Something Wild - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Soul Power - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Source Code - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
South of the Border - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spawn (CA) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Specialist, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Splice - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sppoky Buddies - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spring Breakdown - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 3D - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Spy Next Door, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stag Night - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
StarCrash - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stargate: Continuum - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Step Up 3D - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stepfather, The (1987) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stir of Echoes - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stomp the Yard: Homecoming - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stop Making Sense - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Straight Talk - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Streets of Blood - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Student Bodies / Jekyll & Hyde Together Again - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Stuck - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sugar - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Super Hybrid - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Summer Wars - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Swingers - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Sword of the Stranger - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tactical Force - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tai Chi Master - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tangled - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tangled 3D - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tanner Hall - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Taps - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Ten Commandments, The (1956) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The: The Beginning (CA) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Then She Found Me - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Thirteen Ghosts - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Ticking Clock - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tie That Binds, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Time Bandits - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
To Catch a Thief - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Topsy-Turvy - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tommy Boy - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tournament, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Toy Story - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Toy Story 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Toy Story 3 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Trading Places - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Traffic (Criterion) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (CA) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Transformers: The Movie - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Trigun: Badlands Rumble - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Triple Dog - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
True Grit (1969) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Truman Show, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Turtle: The Incredible Journey - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Two Evil Eyes - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
U2: Battle and Hum - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Under Siege - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Undisputed III: Redemption - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Uninvited, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Up - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Urbanized - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
V.I. Warshawski - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Valentine’s Day - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Varsity Blues - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Vexille - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Virgin Territory - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Virgin Witch - 1.66:1 to 1.58:1 (Open matte)
Waiting… - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Waiting for Superman - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Walkabout - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Walled In - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Warriors, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Way of the Gun, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wayne’s World - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wayne’s World 2 - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
What Women Want (UK) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Whatever Works - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
What's Up, Doc? - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
While She Was Out - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
White Christmas - 1.66:1 to 1.78:1
Who's Minding the Store? - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Why Did I Get Married Too? - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wild Ocean - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wild Wild West - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Winnie the Pooh (2011) - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Winter’s Bone - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Withnail and I - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Without Men - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Witless Protection - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Woman, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Women, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Women in Cages Collection, The - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Women in Trouble - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wonderful World - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wonderland - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
World Trade Center - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
X: The Unheard Music - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
X Cross - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
XIII: The Conspiracy - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Yogi Bear - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Yogi Bear 3D - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Young Adult - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City - 1.85:1 to 1.78:1

[HD Goofnut]

Reserved

[HyperRealist]

Does anyone really care if 1.85:1 is changed to 1.78:1? I have a projector and I don't care. The difference is miniscule.

[exolstice]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

Does anyone really care if 1.85:1 is changed to 1.78:1? I have a projector and I don't care. The difference is miniscule.

What baffles me is why they would even bother changing them. Are consumers really that stupid? Answer: Yes they are.

[GuruAskew]

"The Dark Knight" is the worst offender with its Imax scenes which are a bizarre hybrid/compromise between the proper Imax ratio and the standard theatrical exhibition. I guess that's what happens when you resort to arbitrary gimmickry.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

"The Dark Knight" is the worst offender with its Imax scenes which are a bizarre hybrid/compromise between the proper Imax ratio and the standard theatrical exhibition. I guess that's what happens when you resort to arbitrary gimmickry.

Right, but IMAX is originally 1.43:1. Do you think people want a 1.43:1 image of Batman on their 16:9 displays? That's why IMAX footage is generally transferred to 1.78:1.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Right, but IMAX is originally 1.43:1. Do you think people want a 1.43:1 image of Batman on their 16:9 displays? That's why IMAX footage is generally transferred to 1.78:1.

which is interesting you should point out and not one IMAX blu-ray is listed in the master list.

[Deciazulado]

maybe you can list all the 2.39 -> 2.35 and the 1.37 -> 1.33 ones too

Or all these 1.85 widescreen "art movies" by "art studios" that are being transferred with the widescreen matte opened to "art" 1.66 or TV 1.33 because they're "art movies" etc

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

maybe you can list all the 2.39 -> 2.35 and the 1.37 -> 1.33 ones too

Or all these 1.85 widescreen "art movies" by "art studios" that are being transferred with the widescreen matte opened to "art" 1.66 or TV 1.33 because they're "art movies" etc

I have actually discovered through my research that most films that were filmed in 1.37:1 are actually still 1.37:1 on the BD.

I also thought that 2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1 are one ratio now. Is this true?

[HyperRealist]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I also thought that 2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1 are one ratio now. Is this true?

No. If you have a projector screen there is a little bit of difference. About as much as 1.85 - 1.78. I appreciate your efforts and you do good work but in IMHO this one is a big waste of time. The minuscule differences don't really matter. Maybe it should have been kept to butchered titles that go from 2.35 to 1.78. It would mostly be Canadian titles from Alliance.

[Trogdor2010]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

No. If you have a projector screen there is a little bit of difference. About as much as 1.85 - 1.78. I appreciate your efforts and you do good work but in IMHO this one is a big waste of time. The minuscule differences don't really matter. Maybe it should have been kept to butchered titles that go from 2.35 to 1.78. It would mostly be Canadian titles from Alliance.

1+

Alot of times people may not realize that their TV may be doing overscanning, and they won't care to notice that so of the picture is lost.

In fact, for example, the reason I didn't get The Leopard blu ray wasn't because it frame (2.20:1 on a 2.35:1 screen) was cropped, but rather the subtitles are low enough to the frame that they are cropped through the anamorphic lens. I want to watch it in scope AND have the subtitles. One of the reasons, I'm looking at the HTPC route.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

No. If you have a projector screen there is a little bit of difference. About as much as 1.85 - 1.78. I appreciate your efforts and you do good work but in IMHO this one is a big waste of time. The minuscule differences don't really matter. Maybe it should have been kept to butchered titles that go from 2.35 to 1.78. It would mostly be Canadian titles from Alliance.

Everyone already knows about Alliance's butchery of 2.39:1 titles though.

[PRO-630HD]

There are a ton of titles shot in 2.39:1 that have 2.35:1 aspect ratios. So really the same thing. The reason for 1.78:1 is this. A 2K master or 4K downconverted to 2K for the bluray is 1080 X 1998 in 1.85:1 since the standard for digital cinema is based on a 17:9 aspect ratio. So instead of resizing the picture and possibly introducing artifacts they simply crop the frame.

[Tydude4Christ]

The Lion King is cropped from 1.66:1 to 1.78:1.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Tydude4Christ

The Lion King is cropped from 1.66:1 to 1.78:1.

I was just about to say that. The DVD copy is 1.66:1 while the BD is 1.78:1. Sup wit dat?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I was just about to say that. The DVD copy is 1.66:1 while the BD is 1.78:1. Sup wit dat?

So the OAR is 1.66:1 then instead of 1.85:1?

[Ace of Sevens]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

There are a ton of titles shot in 2.39:1 that have 2.35:1 aspect ratios. So really the same thing. The reason for 1.78:1 is this. A 2K master or 4K downconverted to 2K for the bluray is 1080 X 1998 in 1.85:1 since the standard for digital cinema is based on a 17:9 aspect ratio. So instead of resizing the picture and possibly introducing artifacts they simply crop the frame.

Is there any evidence of this happening? My understanding is 1.85:1 movies are shot 1.37:1 and matted for projection and are just matted slightly less for DVD/Blu-ray release. 2K masters are 2048 pixels wide and whatever height they need for the AR.

Also, most movies which are listed as 2.35 on the package are really 2.39 on the disc and someone just never got the memo Cinemascope changed its ratio slightly several decades ago.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by Ace of Sevens

Is there any evidence of this happening? My understanding is 1.85:1 movies are shot 1.37:1 and matted for projection and are just matted slightly less for DVD/Blu-ray release.

That's pretty much true. This is why if the projectionist hasn't framed the print up correctly, you'll see things. Whenever I went to the movies on the U.S. bases in Hawaii and the ones that used to be in Germany, they never framed it up properly. You'll see boom mics running around at the top of the screen.

[abintra]

Texas Rangers can be removed. Turns out the DVDVerdict review was erroneous and it is in its intended aspect ratio.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Texas...Blu-ray/22172/