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1.66:1 or 1.78:1?

posted 14 years ago by BFFWilco247
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I was queuing this up in Netflix and I noticed a difference between the Blu-ray and DVD specs.

On DVD this is listed 1.66:1

On Blu-ray it's listed as 1.78:1

I thought they were usually really good about getting the framing right on Blu-rays, but if it is indeed the case that they cropped the 1.66 image to fit a 1.78 screen, that sounds pretty crappy.

Anyone know what's the deal here?

"I don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things... I killed Benjamin Linus."

[–] balthazar_bee 10 years ago

This is a rather late reply, but having watched the blu-ray last night, I can confirm that the listing is a misprint; it's properly framed at 1.66:1. It also looks surprisingly robust for an older transfer of a low-budget movie.