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I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1
to 16:9. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk Haven't watched enough of them, you mean they're actually trimming part of the picture? BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Thus spaketh Paul Heslop:
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Haven't watched enough of them, you mean they're actually trimming part of the picture? BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes Yeah, they are cutting the sides off the films, they are shown full width during the opening / closing credits, but during the actual film they are then cropped down to 16:9. The films I have watched so far have only had two breaks in them, not sure if the other ones are more frequent, they could well be. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
Thus spaketh Paul Heslop: {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Haven't watched enough of them, you mean they're actually trimming part of the picture? BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes Yeah, they are cutting the sides off the films, they are shown full width during the opening / closing credits, but during the actual film they are then cropped down to 16:9. The films I have watched so far have only had two breaks in them, not sure if the other ones are more frequent, they could well be. Well I have my sky box set to weird dimensions so that wouldn't happen to me on my widescreen, which it seemed to do even though it's a bloody widescreen, so that's annoying. Good news about the ads though, I could probably live with one every thirty minutes max. -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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Dave wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:30:16 GMT, Paul Heslop wrote: BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes There was one ad break in Horse Feathers, but then it only runs for just over an hour. Don't worry if you miss the Marx Brothers' films - they're sure to show them again. -- Dave Sheffield, England, UK http://www.gnudawn.co.uk/ Yeah, I was kind of pushing myself but didn't get round to it in the end. It's one of those things i always think I'd like to do, certainly makes more sense than paying out whatever prices they ask for boxed sets of stuff nowadays. -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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"Paul Heslop" wrote in message ... {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: Thus spaketh Paul Heslop: {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Haven't watched enough of them, you mean they're actually trimming part of the picture? BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes Yeah, they are cutting the sides off the films, they are shown full width during the opening / closing credits, but during the actual film they are then cropped down to 16:9. The films I have watched so far have only had two breaks in them, not sure if the other ones are more frequent, they could well be. Well I have my sky box set to weird dimensions so that wouldn't happen to me on my widescreen, which it seemed to do even though it's a bloody widescreen, so that's annoying. Good news about the ads though, I could probably live with one every thirty minutes max. Well tonight was the first time I have watched... Earlier on the advert breaks were very short and consisted of a film four ad and a movie trailer... during Ghost World there were some standard adverts though... |
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Moo wrote:
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message ... {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: Thus spaketh Paul Heslop: {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Haven't watched enough of them, you mean they're actually trimming part of the picture? BTW, how often are the add breaks? I was thinking of recording the Marx bros stuff this week but it was an awkward time and I didn't want to babysit to cut adds outs every ten minutes Yeah, they are cutting the sides off the films, they are shown full width during the opening / closing credits, but during the actual film they are then cropped down to 16:9. The films I have watched so far have only had two breaks in them, not sure if the other ones are more frequent, they could well be. Well I have my sky box set to weird dimensions so that wouldn't happen to me on my widescreen, which it seemed to do even though it's a bloody widescreen, so that's annoying. Good news about the ads though, I could probably live with one every thirty minutes max. Well tonight was the first time I have watched... Earlier on the advert breaks were very short and consisted of a film four ad and a movie trailer... during Ghost World there were some standard adverts though... sounds about right. -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...for goodness sake....this
channel is FREE !!!!!.....it used to cost £6 a month.....never look a gifthorse in the mouth.... Moaning about cropping is churlish..... |
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Gendy wrote:
This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...for goodness sake....this channel is FREE !!!!!.....it used to cost £6 a month.....never look a gifthorse in the mouth.... Moaning about cropping is churlish..... and moaning about moaning is girlish. :O) -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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"Gendy" wrote in message ... This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...for goodness sake....this channel is FREE !!!!!.....it used to cost £6 a month.....never look a gifthorse in the mouth.... Moaning about cropping is churlish..... Why is it? Films should be shown in their original aspect ratio or not at all. The DVD market hasn't exactly been harmed by having films in the correct ratio, so why won't TV companies show some balls and not crop films? As long as Film4 crop films, I won't watch, free or not. Same goes for any channel. |
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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Agreed, see my post further down the thread. |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Just as importantly, did anyone watch the Fifth Element list night? I caught about 10 minutes or so - the bit where Gary Oldman (in character, of course) gets the empty box of stones and starts blasting the ceiling of the room. Jeez, what on earth happened to the sound mix? I hope that these are teething troubles for F4 on Freeview. It's bad enough having ad. breaks (although I can appreciate why) without having naff audio, as well as picture, by the sound of things (no pun intended). Clem |
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"Gendy" wrote Moaning about cropping is churlish..... Nonsense! If they claim to be a specialist film channel they should show the films as originally intended. That they are nominally free has no bearing on the matter. John Howells |
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"John Howells" wrote in message ... "Gendy" wrote Moaning about cropping is churlish..... Nonsense! If they claim to be a specialist film channel they should show the films as originally intended. That they are nominally free has no bearing on the matter. Aye - wot 'e sed |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Maybe you should ask for a refund. |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. ??? They've beed doing this since the channel started. -- ThePunisher Latitude: 54.67N Longitude: 5.96W |
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Thus spaketh ThePunisher:
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. ??? They've beed doing this since the channel started. Not the films I watched when I subscribed a few times in the past. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk |
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Thus spaketh etillet:
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. Maybe you should ask for a refund. You know, I think I may just do that. Thanks! -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk |
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ThePunisher wrote:
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. ??? They've beed doing this since the channel started. Have you got a cold? -- Adrian |
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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for sale: www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk |
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Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith:
"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. |
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As long as Film4 crop films, I won't watch, free or not. Same goes for any
channel. Well at least that shows some sense, if you are really that annoyed by it, rather than just whining on here about it. I wonder if others that whine on here whine also to the company in question or just assault our eyes with their whining. Though personally I don't care if theres something I really want to watch I will watch regardless of cropping or adverts. OK I usually recoed things that have ads and then skip the ads. |
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John Patrick wrote:
As long as Film4 crop films, I won't watch, free or not. Same goes for any channel. Well at least that shows some sense, if you are really that annoyed by it, rather than just whining on here about it. I wonder if others that whine on here whine also to the company in question or just assault our eyes with their whining. Though personally I don't care if theres something I really want to watch I will watch regardless of cropping or adverts. OK I usually recoed things that have ads and then skip the ads. Well I've thrown a couple of messages at sky about their onscreen crap. I get an answer which although it seems personal basically says they have researched these things and they're right. I write back to them saying I disagree with that and if they listened to their customers they would give them an option to turn stuff like that off permanently. I have never got a second reply. -- Paul (she dreams in color, she dreams in red) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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"Adrian A" wrote in message
om ThePunisher wrote: {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote: I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. ??? They've beed doing this since the channel started. Have you got a cold? Hey! n and d are right beside each other... well thay are if i can bend my keyboard in a certain way. -- ThePunisher |
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"Bazzer Smith" wrote in message
"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Why would that be? all widescreen tvs can display 4:3 pictures in 4:3 -- ThePunisher |
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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. |
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Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith:
"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Not really as most 4:3 programmes aren't cropped to 16:9 they are broadcast as they should be in 4:3. |
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"ThePunisher" wrote in message ... "Bazzer Smith" wrote in message "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Why would that be? all widescreen tvs can display 4:3 pictures in 4:3 But they cannot replace the bits chopped off when 4:3 footage is shown on a program made in 16:9 -- ThePunisher |
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In article , Gendy
writes This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...for goodness sake....this channel is FREE !!!!!.....it used to cost £6 a month.....never look a gifthorse in the mouth.... To quote Groucho Marx, as he already appeared in this thread: "ALWAYS look a gift-horse in the mouth - its dentistry bills could ruin you!" -- Kennedy Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed. Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying) |
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On 2006-07-25, Gendy wrote:
This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy... Your point being? -- David Taylor |
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from David Taylor contains these words: On 2006-07-25, Gendy wrote: This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy... Your point being? I'd have thought that was pretty obvious. As it says on the tin, "This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...". Seemed a pretty unambiguous statement to me. -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots. |
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from Mike Henry contains these words: In , Johnny B Good wrote: The message from David Taylor contains these words: On 2006-07-25, Gendy wrote: This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy... Your point being? I'd have thought that was pretty obvious. As it says on the tin, "This has been thoroughly discussed on DigitalSpy...". Seemed a pretty unambiguous statement to me. The fact that some other people have had another discussion somewhere else isn't in this case pertinent to this discussion, here in uk.tech.digital-tv. Any topic that comes up on usenet is likely to also be discussed elsewhere. If it is pretty obvious then it is also pretty irrelevant! Fair enough! That being the case, why bother asking the question at all? If I felt that way, I just wouldn't have bothered asking what I already knew to be a pointless question. :-) -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots. |
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"Bazzer Smith" wrote in message
"ThePunisher" wrote in message ... "Bazzer Smith" wrote in message "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Why would that be? all widescreen tvs can display 4:3 pictures in 4:3 But they cannot replace the bits chopped off when 4:3 footage is shown on a program made in 16:9 What the **** are you on about? can any tv do this? -- ThePunisher |
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"ThePunisher" wrote in message ... "Bazzer Smith" wrote in message "ThePunisher" wrote in message ... "Bazzer Smith" wrote in message "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote in message .uk... I am disgusted that Film4 are now cropping films from 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 to 16:9. What do you think about 4:3 programs being cropped to 16:9? You gotta love widescreen, best thing since the plague. I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Why would that be? all widescreen tvs can display 4:3 pictures in 4:3 But they cannot replace the bits chopped off when 4:3 footage is shown on a program made in 16:9 What the **** are you on about? can any tv do this? I don't know whether you are trying to make me or you sound like a fool. Either way I think you have suceeeded :O) -- ThePunisher |
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:47:28 GMT, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
wrote: Thus spaketh Bazzer Smith: "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" wrote I refuse to watch 4:3 programmes cropped to 16:9 too. Kind of limits your viewing choces somewhat, losing 50 years or so of broadcsting. Not really as most 4:3 programmes aren't cropped to 16:9 they are broadcast as they should be in 4:3. Certain digital channels (e.g. CBBC, BBC THREE and NEWS24) are fixed widescreen only. These channels usually crop 4:3 programmes so that they can be shown as a shallow pillarbox in a 16:9 frame. Nick. |
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Nick Austin wrote:
Certain digital channels (e.g. CBBC, BBC THREE and NEWS24) are fixed widescreen only. These channels usually crop 4:3 programmes so that they can be shown as a shallow pillarbox in a 16:9 frame. I hesitate to join a thread which involves "Bazzer Smith", but this isn't quite right, is it? Yes, all the BBC channels transmit 4:3 material differently from the non-BBC channels, but the 4:3 material is shown in its entirety, padded out with black bars on each side to fill a 16:9 frame. It isn't cropped. André Coutanche |
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"André Coutanche" wrote:
Nick Austin wrote: Certain digital channels (e.g. CBBC, BBC THREE and NEWS24) are fixed widescreen only. These channels usually crop 4:3 programmes so that they can be shown as a shallow pillarbox in a 16:9 frame. I hesitate to join a thread which involves "Bazzer Smith", but this isn't quite right, is it? Yes, all the BBC channels transmit 4:3 material differently from the non-BBC channels, but the 4:3 material is shown in its entirety, padded out with black bars on each side to fill a 16:9 frame. It isn't cropped. Not CBBC: they top and tail the picture to 14:9 format and then pillarbox that. Even on analogue, where you end up with the top and bottom of the picture replaced by black bars on a 4:3 set (this really annoys me). I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some other channels did the same thing. -- __________________________________________________ ____ An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -- James Michener, "Space" __________________________________________________ ____ |
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