... to my disappointment, it will not be the theatrically released 1:66 wide screen. Though Shane was originally shot using the standard 1:37:1 Academy ratio, Paramount had invented their own flat widescreen format and chose Shane to debut it because Shane was mostly composed of long and medium shots that wouldn't greatly affect cropping the image. This WS 1:66 format was how I first saw Shane in a local theater in 1953 and it has pissed me off greatly that the widescreen print has never been used for either laserdisc or dvd. When first announced that it was going to be released on Blu-ray on June 4th, it was going to be the widescreen version and I got really excited. Now it seems, even though Paramount submitted both versions ,they now will release it in the 1:37 format only. Damn. Well I'll be passing on this in the hopes that they will change their mind down the road and release the WS version.
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This has come up in other discussions here. This is actually something I learned about recently also, I think on information posted on Projector Central.
http://www.projectorcentral.com
The question is, does it matter if I buy a digital projector that has a native widescreen... -
For those who were asking, here's a "hard" copy of the review. This PJ is one that I've been looking at for a while, and finding good stuff.
Sony VPL-HS10 Video Projector
Champagne Video On A Lemonade Budget
By Greg Rogers
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Studios Promise HD-DVD Movies in 2005
From thedigitalbits.com:
Well this should pretty much solidify plain vanilla DVD as the format of choice for a lot longer by my estimation.
Joe consumer probably won't be daring enough to latch on to a Hi-Def... -
Yep, April 6th is the day that Matrix: Revolutions will be released on DVD. Here are some announced details:
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
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I'm having a hard time embracing the idea that the new HD Theater VHS tapes are the next hot item in home theater, so I am a little put off by Widescreen Review's outright endorsement of the new format. I know that a lot of people with high definition tvs want compatible software, but in my opinion...
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