@des+Grant wrote:
Homicide life on the streets filmed in 4.3 blown up to 16.9 makes a total mess of it.
That goes for everything filmed in 4.3 blown up to 16.9 TV which includes WW 2 film footage.
Are they afraid the old footage not filling their 16.9 screen, that they will go bisserk?
hi @des+Grant
When you say blown up to 16:9 & then mention not filling the screen I am not too sure what you are seeing and bothered about as the 2 comments seem to be at odds with each other
The reality is that 4:3 content clearly is not the same as modern TV s screen ratio of 16:9 & thus something has to happen
Thus there are roughly three options
1) add black bars either side of the 4:3 image showing the full 4:3 image and ensuring that the 4:3 image is not distorted
2) fill the 16:9 screen by cutting off content either top & bottom - this may be done by adjusting how much is cut off either on the top vs bottom depending on where the action is (the same amount must be cut off -but may be adjusted up and down as to where)
3) fill the 16:9 screen by distorting the 4:3 content leaving all the 4:3 image to be shown but the picture is stretched - sometimes this is done by stretching more at the edges and leaving the central portion correct
Similar things may have to happen with any films shot in wider aspects (e.g. 2.39:1) which again are different to the 16:9 physical screen (16:9 which is approx 1.78:1). In this case any black bars used are top & bottom.
This latter difference is what had to happen when Films not shot in 4:3 were shown on the older 4:3 TVs
In the UK the option to show films in those days was usually the one similar to 2) above and was known as Pan & Scan because they would Pan along the image to central the image on the action cutting off the edges of the film.
In Europe more often and in the UK occasionally we would see films in original aspect with the black bars top & bottom
I have always been a fan of seeing the whole image in the original aspect using option 1) to add back bars to fill the rest of the physical screen - this tends to be the usual method of showing 4:3 content now on HD/4K TVs
We know some people feel they are loosing out by having the back bars - which they are not - and would prefer either of the 2 options 2) & 3) to utilise the full screen but with either the loss of some of the action in option 2) or the distortion of option 3)
