giddyup Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 As much as I'd like to watch some of the older TV series again like The Wire, Sopranos etc, I just can't watch them on a big widescreen TV. That format just looks so antiquated now, bit like watching a black and white silent movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Change the aspect ratio with your remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Edited April 6, 2020 by OneeyedJohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadee Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I'd rather have the old stuff in the original ratio and then get to choose the aspect ratio myself. In their infinite wisdom, Disney+ decided to put all the old Simpsons in widescreen instead of the original 4:3 - and it's ghastly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 You can stretch horizontally but all the actors become so fat Yesterday stumbled upon an article about the Simpsons on Disney Plus. They had used some cut vertical and some viewers very angry and insisting on the correct(!) 4:3 format. A prominent example what happens with cutting: (killing the joke!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Change the aspect ratio with this free program:- https://www.videohelp.com/software/MPEG4-Modifier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, jadee said: Disney+ decided to put all the old Simpsons in widescreen instead of the original 4:3 - and it's ghastly! You were a second faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Get used to it and sit closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 31 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: You can stretch horizontally but all the actors become so fat That's what I used to do when 16:9 TVs had just come out and most everything was still broadcast in 4:3 you get used to the slightly fatter people pretty quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekalot Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 here's a true story ±15 years ago, my dad got one of those "new" 16:9 TVs, I think it might be a plasma (can't recall now) but it has that BIG speaker base under which replaces furniture as its already easily 40+ cm off the floor and have the big behind. I went to visit him one day and didn't know he had such a monstrosity. he's sitting there so proud to show me his new purchase.. but me, being a Tech guy was not impressed by his supersized 1920x1080 offbrand blurry display and told him the first 15 seconds of having a look at it ME: hey. what's wrong with it, why is the picture quality so bad? HIM: I don't know ME: how much did you pay for this? HIM: $3000 ME: *having a laugh at his expense while he looks not amused* so. my dad also hated 4:3, one day he had enough of it and went on his remote control and zoomed in once (maybe twice) which cut off all four sides of the TV, it was mostly left and right but also at least an inch off the top and bottom. he didn't care because he didn't know the difference. somehow, my dad lost his remote for the TV and there was no way to reset the TV to factory defaults to reverse his change, so it's been stuck like this for 15 years and still is. at some point I had a look on eBay to see if I could find a remote control, I found one but it was about $50 and he decided it was too expensive. so I didn't order it. about three years ago, I wanted to surprise him by buying him a brand new 55 inch 4k Smart TV for Christmas, at the time they were $1000 or so (and a major upgrade to his monster) but I knew he would need furniture to put it on. I got someone else to ask him questions about replacing TV and he said "Oh, I don't need a new TV mine is fine!" so I got him a Squatty Potty for Christmas instead and saved $970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) The old 4:3 tv series are now broadcasted in HD and are also beginning to show up as 720p for download. These look really brilliant. The original 4:3 format is a must though, because that was the format the director was shooting for. If you like slimmer actors, you can go for 14:9 zoom though. Makes all characters look fitter. Edited April 6, 2020 by tgw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruit Trader Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Yours for 300 Baht and I will throw in a kaput VHS player to make the viewing scene more authentic. PS Sopranos was shot in 16:9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKT2014 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Get some drapes fixed on the front of your wide screen TV and wind them in a bit when the format goes to 4:3. Since you have nothing else to do (obviously the case since posting on here?) why not install a motor and remote for the drapes whilst your are at it (installing the drapes that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, MJKT2014 said: Since you have nothing else to do (obviously the case since posting on here?) I guess you are in the same boat, hence the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Slightly off-topic. Recently I checked the camera settings of my smartphone (not the latest model) and realized: 4:3 = 4128*3096 pixel And ALL other ratios are just cut off from the 4:3 resolution like 16:9 = 4128*2322. The sensor is obviously 4:3? So it may sound strange but now I take all pictures in 4:3 "missing nothing" with the fixed lens and then crop the pictures if desired/appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, johng said: you get used to the slightly fatter people pretty quickly. well... Edited April 6, 2020 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: well... I'm confused, what's the difference? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 44 minutes ago, giddyup said: I'm confused, what's the difference? that's a way to watch Asian movies and feel at home at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben2talk Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Some people like to get worked up over stupid things like that... so now you hate M*A*S*H because they didn't make it in widescreen? I feel sorry for you... I still have some old stuff, I am watching NYPD Blue and have no issues with having unused screen at the sides... I use Plex Media Player, and tried windowing it - but it's just better fullscreen with black bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I guess being cooped up with nothing else to do is freaking out some people. While the OP has a tad of my sympathy, are aspect ratios all that earth-shattering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 13 hours ago, Lacessit said: I guess being cooped up with nothing else to do is freaking out some people. While the OP has a tad of my sympathy, are aspect ratios all that earth-shattering? Of course not, but how many posts on this forum are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 14 hours ago, ben2talk said: Some people like to get worked up over stupid things like that... so now you hate M*A*S*H because they didn't make it in widescreen? I feel sorry for you... I still have some old stuff, I am watching NYPD Blue and have no issues with having unused screen at the sides... I use Plex Media Player, and tried windowing it - but it's just better fullscreen with black bars. Didn't say I hate Mash, although I doubt if I'd ever watch it again, I said I hated the format on a widescreen. Comprende the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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