Because high - density CDs store up to 10 times more digital data, they can carry a whole feature film
with widescreen movie - style pictures and six tracks of stereo or multilingual sound.
Not exact matches
Leone's liberal use of
widescreen shots in conjunction
with extreme close - ups gives the
movie an epic quality that is matched in scope by a skeletal narrative structure that breathes
with a poker - faced mood, tone, and personality.
The
movie looks like it cost a fortune,
with Dean Cundey's glistening
widescreen compositions and Bill Brzeski's towering, storybook sets providing the backdrop for seamless visual effects.
Certainly, after the bland history lesson of «The Lady» and the joyless family - friendly shenanigans of the «Arthur» trilogy, this is easily the director's most alert, energized and recognizable piece of direction in years — a
movie that,
with its muscular
widescreen imagery, vibrant streaks of color and pulsing musical beats, as well as its occasional tonal missteps and moments of unintentional hilarity, feels unmistakably like the work of its director.
Verbinski certainly did his western -
movie homework, for outside of all the rootin» - tootin» Rube Goldbergian action scenes, the director consciously evokes John Ford
with his
widescreen vistas of sun - baked deserts (on - location shooting took place in Utah, Texas, and beyond), and his nod to films like The Searchers
with scenes of near - helpless families under attack in the wilderness.
The
movie is presented in
widescreen format
with audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) and subtitles in English, Spanish and French.
And since the
movie runs
with a pace far more frantic than Fox, it shows in the jerky, jumpy action captured in the «Scope»
widescreen ratio by rarely mobile cameras.
The
movie is transfered in anamorphic
widescreen (1:1.85) and is available in English and French,
with optional English, Spanish and French subtitles.
Authored in BD - J
with AVEC (MPEG 4) compression on two dual - layer 50 GB discs, the
movie is presented in
widescreen format
with audio tracks recorded in 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (English), 4.0 Dolby Surround (English), Stereo (English), and 5.1 Dolby Digital (French and Spanish).
This fall, to mark the 50th anniversary of Kermit the Frog's first appearance (on NBC's Washington, D.C. - based network WRC - TV's «Sam and Friends») and capitalize upon the holiday season, Disney is re-releasing their two Muppet films (
with widescreen DVD presentations to finally appease widely - disappointed fans) and putting their recently - acquired Muppet
Movie and Great Muppet Caper back onto the home video market for the first time under the Disney label.
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.
Still, the
movie has been lovingly restored in its original
widescreen aspect ratio
with pristine image quality, a far cry from old VHS bootlegs.
With its gorgeous
widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped - down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road
movie ever made.
The Film: 1.66:1 Anamorphic
Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 (Disney's Enhanced Home Theater Mix), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Original Theatrical and Enhanced Mixes), Spanish and French 5.1 tracks Disc 1: Audio commentary
with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Richard Sherman, and Karen Dotrice, Poppins Pop - Up Fun Facts, Disney's song selection Disc 2: «Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of Mary Poppins», new animated short «The Cat That Looked at a King» (based on P.L. Travers story, done chalk - drawing style), «A Magical Musical Reunion», «A Musical Journey
with Richard Sherman», «I Love to Laugh» game, «
Movie Magic» featurette, Gala World Premiere featurette, deleted song «Chimpanzoo», 2 scene deconstructions, galleries, trailers & TV spots, Dick Van Dyke make - up test
Both versions offer the
movie in
widescreen,
with audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French and Spanish).
DVD special features on the
movie's single - disc, 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen release include an audio commentary track
with Favreau and co-producer Peter Billingsley, a look at the making of the accompanying videogame to the
movie and a clutch of featurettes on the work of author Van Allsburg, the cast, the visual effects and the like.
On Blu - ray, the
movie is presented in 1080P high definition 2.40:1
widescreen; audio comes in the form of 7.1 DTS - HD,
with a French language Dolby digital 5.1 mix as well.
Director Gerardo Naranjo admittedly does a superb job of initially drawing the viewer into the proceedings, as the filmmaker has infused Miss Bala
with an engrossing and consistently inventive visual style that proves impossible to resist -
with the
movie's striking appearance heightened by Mátyás Erdély's often jaw - dropping camerawork (ie fans of
widescreen cinematography and / or long takes will be especially captivated).
It's Tarantino's eighth
movie and his worst by a
widescreen, a boring, self - indulgent mess that squanders a big chunk of the goodwill he's built up
with cinephiles by shooting on film and supporting independent theaters.
Presented in a 1.78:1
widescreen aspect ratio enhanced for 16 × 9 televisions, the
movie comes
with Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound audio tracks in English, French and Spanish,
with optional subtitles in each of those languages.
Rob Cohen, the director behind such early 2000s guilty pleasures as The Skulls, The Fast And The Furious, and xXx, delivers a credible throwback to the mid-budget action - thriller programmers of his heyday
with The Hurricane Heist — but though his
widescreen competence has aged well (it almost seems classical now), the wind - machine - assisted B -
movie thrills are few and far between.
I compared one scene of the fullscreen transfer
with the
widescreen equivalent and saw that the two versions of the
movie seemed to come from the same print, so if you want to see my thoughts on the transfer, go and see them in my review of Disc 2.
In this year of the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics, it was also a strikingly British
movie,
with its British director (Sam Mendes), largely British cast (though Javier Bardem brought Hispanic panache to creepy bad guy Silva), and copious tourist - enticing views, from a
widescreen Westminster to frosty Highland glens.
If your little chipmunks want more, they can sink their teeth into the 2 - Disc Special Edition, which offers the
movie in a
widescreen format (1:85.1 aspect ratio)
with the following special features: Digital Copy Download, Behind the Nuts Munkumentary, Chip - Chip - Hooray!
Disney Channel Original
Movies have long been framed for both fullscreen and
widescreen ratios,
with only the former seeing the light of day in the US (at least until the rare Disney Channel Blu - ray release comes along).
Especially as a new owner of a
widescreen television, I'm happy that Disney's finally gotten
with the times and started releasing its cable
movies on DVD in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio
with which they air on Disney Channel HD.
However, Disney Channel Original
Movies these days tend to be framed for both fullscreen and
widescreen with only the former making it to DVD.
As well, there is a history lesson on CinemaScope, an audio interview
with screenwriter Philip Dunne (recorded in 1969), press materials from the
movie's début, a comparison of the
widescreen and standard versions of the film and a picture - in - picture mode.
Many of the DCOMs (the official acronym for Disney Channel Original
Movies) are framed for both fullscreen and
widescreen with only the former making its way to DVD.
DVD Details: Warner Home Video's DVD comes
with the
widescreen version on one side and the pan-and-scan on the other, but this is definitely a
movie that needs to be seen in
widescreen.
The
movies are presented in
widescreen,
with audio tracks in 5.1 DTS Master Audio.
The
movie is presented in
widescreen with audio tracks in 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS - HD Master Audio (English), and subtitles in English and Spanish.
Its extensive 3.8 inch, high resolution,
widescreen WVGA touchscreen offers users stunning clarity and vibrant colours, providing an unrivalled experience when watching
movies or using Orange's mobile TV service, browsing the internet on Orange's high speed data network (3G +) or even scanning through photos taken
with its 5 megapixel auto focus camera.
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.
It was fine for
widescreen movies and even some games like the side - scrolling Badlands, but truly odd when you read a Kindle book on it in portrait mode (landscape
with multiple pages on one screen made more sense).
The new tablets both feature
widescreen HD displays — all the better for watching
movies and TV shows — and come
with a microSD slot for to boost capacity for holding all that content.
But another major application for mini Tablets is viewing
widescreen video content
with Aspect Ratios of 16:9 (and higher for many
movies).
That means you can watch
widescreen movies with just the faintest hint of black bars at the top and bottom.
Viewsonic is getting into the digital photo frame business and the first digital frames to launch will include an 8 - inch
widescreen frame
with an 800x480 screen resolution that displays popular
movie formats, has an integrated speaker for MP3 sounds and a remote control at a price under $ 200.
Mercury mTab Neo powered
with a 1 GHz Dual core processor and Android OS has a 7 inch (16:9) capacitive multi-touch screen
with a high quality HD resolution for the richer viewing of
widescreen movies.
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Widescreen TV
Now the studio's attempt to make players feel like they're the star of their own TV show or
movie has gone
widescreen with Quantum Break.
The only cause for complaint is the fact that
widescreen movies run
with borders at the top and bottom due to the screen's 4:3 aspect ratio — but that's a very minor grumble, and something that iPad owners have been perfectly happy living
with since 2010.
Now some people prefer tablets
with a 16:10 screen ratio, because more of the display is used when watching
widescreen movies, however the 4:3 display ratio is certainly a popular alternative.
It may not be the best ratio and resolution for watching
widescreen movies, but overall the screen is very good for surfing the web and reading, so we're not surprised that Apple has stuck
with what it knows on both of these tablets.
With a Thunderbolt port, Mac mini can connect to peripherals such as high - performance storage devices, RAID arrays and the new Apple Thunderbolt Display, a stunning 27 - inch IPS
widescreen display that's great for making FaceTime HD video calls, surfing the Web and viewing
movies and photos.