SpiceDealertoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish·9 months agoEven in this poorly made comparison shot I made you can tell the difference between streaming and "self hosting"(lemmy.world)imagearrow-up1476arrow-down128message-square98file-textfedilink
arrow-up1448arrow-down1imageEven in this poorly made comparison shot I made you can tell the difference between streaming and "self hosting"(lemmy.world)SpiceDealertoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish·9 months agomessage-square98file-textfedilink
minus-squareaeronmelonEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkSG-1 was shot in widescreen from day one, on cameras that had framing marks for 4:3 and 16:9. A 4:3 cut was sent to TV networks and a 16:9 cut was canned until the show was released on DVD.
minus-squaremindbleachEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkUnless they were shooting with anamorphic lenses, that’s still cropping 4:3 to 16:9. The real issue is that AFAIK the show’s never been remastered from film. All we have are DVD transfers - and filters on top of that.
SG-1 was shot in widescreen from day one, on cameras that had framing marks for 4:3 and 16:9. A 4:3 cut was sent to TV networks and a 16:9 cut was canned until the show was released on DVD.
Unless they were shooting with anamorphic lenses, that’s still cropping 4:3 to 16:9.
The real issue is that AFAIK the show’s never been remastered from film. All we have are DVD transfers - and filters on top of that.