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I hate black bars around movies
- Thread starter Sid
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because all tv's are a set aspect ratio, 16:9, most tv shows opt to maintain that standard. but not all tv is uniform. some shows will definitely play with aspect ratio. The Wire specifically chose 4:3 on purpose. The Expanse used wider aspect ratio on some scenes over others as well.
1.78 :1. TV shows usually film in 16:9.
You do realize by asking for films to be in. 16:9 you are asking them to cut out huge chunks of the film right?
Or, more to what OP wants, virtually all media players and most tvs have cropping options in menus to deal with this.
Finally the true experience like my TV intended.oh yeah how terrible sorry
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TV shows are made for TVs. Movies are made for theaters.
Also, Full Screen = 4:3, not 1.85:1.
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OK but what aspect ratio is The Dark Knight? that is full screen on my 📺
IMAX ratio is different than a traditional film ratio. Very few movies are shot with IMAX cameras so why would they use an IMAX ratio? FIlms are shot in an aspect ratio for traditional theater screens.
You are asking for films to either:
1. Be filmed in a Television Show aspect ratio which makes no sense as films are made to be seen on a theater screen primarily.
or
2. All movies be shot in an IMAX ratio despite the fact 99.9% of movies are not filmed with IMAX cameras.
I hope you are understanding what you are asking for doesn't make any sense.
anything can be "full screen" on any display, if you chop off enough of the image, which is what is happening with the dark knight. It's not "full screen," it's a taller aspect ratio than your screen, so they chop off the tops and bottoms. Alternatively, they could keep the frame, but it'd be pillar boxed, i.e. black bars on the sides. There is no way for the imax version of TDK to fill your tv screen without them either cutting off some of the image or adding black bars unless they stretch it to make everyone look fat.
This is just getting sad man, how many times are people going to correct you before you'll stop using "full screen"
If he's young he probably won't really. We're that old now.
OP... it's not the image being cut off... it's just... oh fuck it I can't be arsed lol.
Some scenes in TDK were shot for IMAX, which is either 16:9 or close to it. That's why some scenes will fill up your TV. Though I don't know if it was the case for all scenes in the movie.
I like watching 4:3 on my Sony PVM in 480i if possible (and usually it's not). It's fun to watch stuff in a period-accurate way.
It's why I still prefer DVDs of old standard def shows when I can get my hands on them.
What I can't comprehend is....why does Sid think movies should be filmed for an IMAX aspect ratio when 99.9% of movies are not shown on IMAX screens?
IMAX is taller than 16:9. If they were to display the full imax image on OP's television, it would look like this:
Instead they cut it off the top and bottom, to avoid pillar boxing. What he is describing as "full screen" is them omitting parts of the image.
My phone (Xperia 1) is the 2.39:1 ratio (21:9 to be precise), but I've barely utilised the screen fully and I recently installed the latest version of YouTube Vanced which allows you to utilise the full screen space.
Even on such a small screen, that ratio is objectively better, even with videos that weren't designed for it. Whereas the opposite (2.39:1 videos on 16:9 screens) isn't as good.
It's such a small thing, but it's converted me towards wanting 2.39:1 TVs and Monitors to be a thing. It's so so much more immersive.
With the way things are currently, we compromise films to fit 16:9 TVs and television broadcasts are 16:9 so aren't affected.
However I'd rather have it the other way around. I'd rather be able to watch films at their native ratio and compromise TV content to fit a 2.39:1 TV.
Even on such a small screen, that ratio is objectively better, even with videos that weren't designed for it. Whereas the opposite (2.39:1 videos on 16:9 screens) isn't as good.
It's such a small thing, but it's converted me towards wanting 2.39:1 TVs and Monitors to be a thing. It's so so much more immersive.
With the way things are currently, we compromise films to fit 16:9 TVs and television broadcasts are 16:9 so aren't affected.
However I'd rather have it the other way around. I'd rather be able to watch films at their native ratio and compromise TV content to fit a 2.39:1 TV.
Yes same. When I was a kid I was obsessed with stretching the image to fit. What an ignorant young fool I was haha. Now I'm obsessed with original ratio, the black bars give me comfort in these uncertain times. :P
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oh yeah how terrible sorry
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I laughed way too hard at this. Thank you!!!
Everything used to be one standard, with movie theaters and TVs having the same shape screen. But to prevent TV from completely destroying the movie theater business, they came up with the concept of widescreens to make watching movies in theaters a very different experience from watching them at home.
I really, really loved The Lighthou-oh yeah how terrible sorry
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I think nobody is asking for this shit. People want directors shoot new movies on 16:9 to watch them without black bars.
Old movies always should be unaltered.
oh yeah how terrible sorry
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I think nobody is asking for this shit. People want directors shoot new movies on 16:9 to watch them without black bars.
Old movies always should be unaltered.
Just as embarrassing as people that support 30 fps in games.