The phrase
"widescreen presentation" means that a movie or video is shown on a screen that is wider than a traditional screen.
Full definition
The single disc version delivers both full frame and
widescreen presentations of the movie, as well as an extended ending and deleted scenes.
THE DVD For all the weaknesses of the film, Warner DVD's beautiful 1.78:1
anamorphic widescreen presentation of American Outlaws is a showcase piece for its audio / visual transfer.
An early shopping scene in This Means War looked off, but that proved to be an isolated incident in the Blu - ray's appropriately sharp, clean
2.40:1 widescreen presentation.
The 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation looks battered during the wordless opening shot, but although the wear - and - tear quickly subsides, the image is occasionally beset by snowy grain — exempting the picture's 16 mm inserts, of course, which are inherently, intentionally gritty.
The Twist, an English - language satire with Bruce Dern and Ann - Margret joining French actors Audran and Jean - Pierre Cassel, is even worse, a
non-anamorphic widescreen presentation of one of Chabrol's weakest movies.
More than a simple port of Squaresoft's 1997 tactical RPG, The War of the Lions offered a fully - updated take on the game, including new cutscenes, additional characters, new job classes, additional episodes, a fresh translation, and a
new widescreen presentation.
With a
fine widescreen presentation and new partial - film audio commentary, Warner's Blu - ray undoubtedly improves upon the studio's nearly 20 - year - old fullscreen DVD, but even Jack Nicholson fans may have trouble getting excited about the film.
The Blu - ray features a 1080p / VC -1
encoded widescreen presentation that is nice as it captures the bright colors of Vegas vividly and has solid contrast.
Columbia TriStar's DVD could scarcely better accommodate an appreciation of the picture: the approximately 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation rivals the Pixar digital - to - digital transfers for clarity of textures.
Undoubtedly, the 1.85:1
widescreen presentation handily bests the non-anamorphic transfer on Disney's original DVD and I'd suspect the gains over Echo Bridge's own, in - print, 16:9 - enhanced DVD are also evident.
The 2.40:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation suffers from no specific drawbacks other than being encoded in a format with a lower resolution than is commonly found these days.
Sony and Warner, two of the first studios to embrace the format, viewed DVD as a successor to VHS and operated under the belief that customers didn't want or
need widescreen presentations of comedies and family films.
THE DVD Fox releases Dying Young on DVD in a vanilla 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation long on Schumacher's over-saturated colours and short on subtlety, which is, of course, not the transfer's fault; its softness — that impression that the lens has been smeared with Vaseline, «Glamor Shots» - style — is something you can't really win by being faithful to.
The 1.80:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation exhibits some combing, though it's not especially pronounced unless you step through the film frame - by - frame and no other authoring artifacts are detectable.
Sadly, I think it's fair to say that the 1.81:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation falls well short of definitive: For starters, the film's palette just doesn't «pop» as prescribed, yet somehow, the red of Ariel's hair often appears oversaturated.
The 1.78:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation obviously lacks the detail and sharpness of Blu - ray counterparts (and HD broadcasts), but is untroubled in any noticeable way.
Getting the now standard 1.78:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation once reserved for film, «10 Things I Hate About You» looks pretty dapper.
Unearth the behind - the - scenes secrets with featurettes on the creation of A Bug's Life, a look at the voice talent, the technical details on how the movie was recomposed from its
original widescreen presentation to a full frame presentation for home video release, the demonstration of production progressions, a discussion with sound engineer Gary Rydstrom, and a storyboard - to - final film split - screen comparison.
Not only does it feature two bumbling pals as «heroes» and comic relief, but The Hidden Fortress is a rollicking adventure, complete with castles, lots of extras and landscape shots, and Kurosawa's first Tohoscope widescreen presentation
The upcoming release sticks to Cave Story's original sprite - based graphics, and adds multi-layered 3D effects, bonus challenge modes, and a
true widescreen presentation.
The 2.32:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation does a pretty good job on a pretty lousy source print; the studio logo that precedes the film is scratched and the climactic showdown in the artic is a little too sunbaked.
KEY: 1.33:1 - Fullscreen; 1.66:1, 1.85:1, 2.25:1, 2.35:1 - Widescreen ratios; 16:9 (or anamorphic)-
widescreen presentation enhanced for 16 x 9 widescreen TVs OAR - Original Aspect Ratio (DVD maintains ratio the film was created for); DD 5.1 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; DD 2.0 - Dolby Surround; SRP - Suggested Retail Price; OOP - Out of Print Anchor Bay - Disney film released on DVD by Anchor Bay.
While I no doubt have been spoiled by regular exposure to excellent Blu - ray transfers, the 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation of Swimming to Cambodia seems a tad disappointing even for a standard definition release of a low - budget 25 - year - old experimental film.
To quote our Best PSP Games list, «More than a simple port of Squaresoft's 1997 tactical RPG, The War of the Lions offered a fully - updated take on the game, including new cutscenes, additional characters, new job classes, additional episodes, a fresh translation, and a
new widescreen presentation.
While the 1.78:1
anamorphic widescreen presentation did not suffer from any particular calamity (although certain establishing shots exhibited shimmering on my television), the softer, less vibrant video noticeably lacked the detail and clarity I was used to.
Its 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentation is top - notch, and it showcases Tim Suhrstedt's fine cinematography.
Both the theatrical and unrated cuts of The Hangover look pretty good in the DVD's 2.40:1 anamorphic
widescreen presentations.