Not exact matches
But that, of course, is problematic on home
video, and it was quite apparent to those who saw the film in cinemas that the original
widescreen transfer of Se7en did not accurately recreate the intended
look, mood or intention of the film.
The
Video and Audio Presented in 2.39:1 anamorphic
widescreen, The Stanford Prison Experiment
looks very strong on IFC's DVD release.
Video: The
widescreen, enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs transfer of Into The Wild
looks awesome, with beautifully realistic colors and sharp, clear imagery.
The 1.78:1
widescreen picture is clearly the product of digital
video on a budget, but it
looks sufficiently polished and cinematic for a basic cable TV movie.
Found footage movies are supposed to
look real, not great and Deborah Logan aspires to that with its jerky
video that is capably but unremarkably presented in the DVD's 1.78:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer.
Warner's DVD version of McCabe & Mrs. Miller is unfortunately something of a disappointment in the technical department: the 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen image is too black for a film that was pre-exposed in order to decrease contrast, while digital
video noise reduction
looks like it was rather severely applied to the intentionally gritty images, resulting in a general lack of detail.
Video: In theaters «Fantastic Voyage» was shown in CinemaScope, and the 2.35:1
widescreen presentation
looks very good here.
The DVD boasts a
widescreen transfer which, though surprisingly not enhanced for 16x9 displays, makes the digital
video footage
look fine and a 5.1 track which is largely limited to the front and center speakers.
THE DVDs Red Dawn drops onto DVD in a two - disc «Collector's Edition» sporting a nifty 1.87:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer that frees the picture of the excess grain found in previous home
video incarnations but doesn't do much to animate what is frankly a flat -
looking film.
THE DVD by Bill Chambers Universal Home
Video presents About a Boy on DVD in a 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer * that
looks fine.
Video: «The Mighty Macs» is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen, and it
looks surprisingly good on a large monitor.
Don't get me wrong: I'm happy as a clam that the films (remastered in effervescent 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfers — pan-and-scan sold separately — supervised by co-creator Bob Gale with Dolby Digital 5.1 remixes that beef up the re-entry effects especially)
look and sound as good as they do and that, for the first time in home
video's history, each picture is now being seen as it appeared in theatres (more on that below).
Aftershock displays an amateur digital
video look in the Blu - ray's exemplary 1.78:1
widescreen presentation.
Watching
video on the Curve 8520's screen is okay, but its dimensions mean that movie trailers in
widescreen can end up
looking pretty cramped with heavy black bars above and below.
Unlike Apple's iPad (s aapl), both tablets
look to have a
widescreen aspect ratio — that sounds good for
video, but I'm wondering how the narrow width will handle a web site in portrait mode.
Movies and TV shows streamed over Amazon Instant
Video and Netflix barely
look better than DVD (480p) quality and since the screen's taller than a 16:9 aspect ratio, you get black bars on the top and bottom of your
widescreen content.
Android 3.0 on the Xoom is a terrific multimedia combination: HD movies
look great in the
widescreen aspect ratio, you get Flash support for online
video, and Google's redesigned music player is very appealing.