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Am I the only one who converts to native resolution?
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Well the iPad will do that for you
Yeah it does, the point is why would you? You're missing so much of the scene that way.
Here's another...
Original Aspect Ratio
Cropped to fit iPad Aspect Ratio
Cropped to fit iPad Aspect Ratio
I think it's interesting how we perceive aspect ratios.
4:3 at 16:9 annoys the crap out of me, yet my parents will complain that Friends (4:3) does not fill the frame of our TV (16:9). I guess if you're used to it, it's just perceived as normal, even though everything's 33% wider than it should be.
Don't get me started on pan & scan
So yeh, I still think the OPs made for bastardising the image like that, but if it floats your boat...
I think you'll find that 512x384 is 1/4 1024*768, actually (half resolution on both axis).
4:3 at 16:9 annoys the crap out of me, yet my parents will complain that Friends (4:3) does not fill the frame of our TV (16:9). I guess if you're used to it, it's just perceived as normal, even though everything's 33% wider than it should be.
Don't get me started on pan & scan
So yeh, I still think the OPs made for bastardising the image like that, but if it floats your boat...
I think you'll find that 512x384 is 1/4 1024*768, actually (half resolution on both axis).
Try this one.
Ben Hur
http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/4d8e504/e...g,gif&ctf=0?format=jpg,png,gif&loadexternal=1
Lowish quality YouTube video of it here: http://youtu.be/Pwi3xROzpSE
And the sad thing is, this was shot just over 50 years ago!
And we're still having to crop things with black bars half a century later
Ben Hur
http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/4d8e504/e...g,gif&ctf=0?format=jpg,png,gif&loadexternal=1
Lowish quality YouTube video of it here: http://youtu.be/Pwi3xROzpSE
And the sad thing is, this was shot just over 50 years ago!
And we're still having to crop things with black bars half a century later
I can see where it would look "more natural" to you if you set your home DVD player to stretch widescreen videos to "fill" a 4:3 TV. I know quite a few people whose brains have compensated for the squeeze so that they don't even recognize it anymore.
No it doesn't. If it works for you, that's fine, but you can't convince us to believe something that's clearly not true. It is absolutely not the same or "more natural". If it doesn't bother you, that's great. It would bother most people, however.
Those black bars are there for a reason and they are black for a reason. If your brain can compensate for that squeezing then it won't notice the black bars either. It looks most impressive when watched the way it is supposed to be. If you watch a lot of movies then I am surprised you aren't more sensitive to composition within the frame, proportions, etc.
The same reason I don't listen to my audio at 125% playback speed, even if it lets me hear more music in the same amount of time.
I just use the AppleTV2 present in Handbreak. The black bars don't really bother and you forget about them when you start watching the video.
... Don't get me started on pan & scan
Oh man I remember watching a televised Pan Scan version of Star Wars. Completely ruined the Mos Eisley Cantina scenes.
NO!!! I wanna look where I wanna look.
Oh God!!! This thread has turned me into the one thing I hate, a Film Snob XD
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OP, I don't even understand why you are even pinching the video anyway.
Are you just adverse to both cropping and having the black bars?
Are you just adverse to both cropping and having the black bars?