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Well, online platforms do not care a lot about the content. For example, on disney+, the simpsons are cropped to 16/9, which removes a lot of the image. Hopefu

by kuon 5y ago

Well, online platforms do not care a lot about the content. For example, on disney+, the simpsons are cropped to 16/9, which removes a lot of the image. Hopefully, I found an original version on torrent, but that's really a bad move from disney.

Latty 5y ago
This was true originally, they added support to watch the original aspect ratio ages ago though: https://www.theverge.com/21273476/simpsons-original-4-3-aspect-ratio-disney-plus-stream-how-to https://www.theverge.com/21273476/simpsons-original-4-3-aspe...
- kuon 5y ago
  Well, that's good the option is there, but OMG who came up with that UI? They should put a ratio button on the player, not some hidden option in a details tabs I never opened. It is still very bad that the default ratio is wrong, I see zero reason to watch it in this cropped ratio. Anyway, thanks for pointing that up.
slickdork 5y ago
Disney+ actually has both versions of the Simpsons. There's an option to use the original aspect ratio you can check (of course that's opt in - the default is the wrong ratio). Seinfeld on Netflix on the other hand only has the cropped aspect ratio (booooooooo).
- tomjakubowski 5y ago
  Seinfeld was actually filmed on 16:9 and then cropped to 4:3 for broadcasts in the 90s. So the 16:9 Seinfeld is showing you more, not less. The good seasons of the Simpsons are so full of sight gags. The crop (or worse, when the crop consciously pans and scans) totally spoils them.
  - sorenjan 5y ago
    > Seinfeld was actually filmed on 16:9 and then cropped to 4:3 for broadcasts in the 90s. So the 16:9 Seinfeld is showing you more, not less. According to this tweet they cropped out the pothole from the episode The Pothole. https://twitter.com/Thatoneguy64/status/1443961536079450117 https://twitter.com/Thatoneguy64/status/1443961536079450117
    - halpert 5y ago
      But you see more of the car. How?
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      - rscoots 5y ago
        Edit: never mind, there is a slight difference there. Twitter also annoyingly crops image previews. Car appears to be the same if you click.
      - layer8 5y ago
        I don't know if this is the case for Seinfeld, but TV productions filmed in 16:9 but for 4:3 broadcast didn't always take care that the full 16:9 frame would have adequate content, i.e. no mike booms or non-stage items visible, and therefore later 16:9 versions had to be zoomed in by some factor; still wider than the 4:3, but reduced in the vertical.
        heywire 5y ago
        I want to say it was either 24 or Heroes that had some scenes where you could see things like this in the widescreen release
        lfowles 5y ago
        Definitely remember this being the case for Buffy on DVD.
- beached_whale 5y ago
  Thanks! I did not notice that in the past
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salamandersauce 5y ago
Disney+ has both versions, there's a setting to tick to change it. Fox previously did this change and IIRC these might be the HD versions they sold on iTunes and other places for seasons prior to the simpsons going widescreen as well.
rscoots 5y ago
This has always really mystified me. So many 4:3 shows are rendered unwatchable by these companies, most of which fancy themselves as having a cutting-edge tech stack. You’re telling me no one at Netflix can build a toggle option allowing the user to select the aspect ratio?
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by kuon 5y ago

Latty 5y ago

This was true originally, they added support to watch the original aspect ratio ages ago though: https://www.theverge.com/21273476/simpsons-original-4-3-aspect-ratio-disney-plus-stream-how-to https://www.theverge.com/21273476/simpsons-original-4-3-aspe...

kuon 5y ago
Well, that's good the option is there, but OMG who came up with that UI? They should put a ratio button on the player, not some hidden option in a details tabs I never opened. It is still very bad that the default ratio is wrong, I see zero reason to watch it in this cropped ratio. Anyway, thanks for pointing that up.

slickdork 5y ago

Disney+ actually has both versions of the Simpsons. There's an option to use the original aspect ratio you can check (of course that's opt in - the default is the wrong ratio). Seinfeld on Netflix on the other hand only has the cropped aspect ratio (booooooooo).

tomjakubowski 5y ago
Seinfeld was actually filmed on 16:9 and then cropped to 4:3 for broadcasts in the 90s. So the 16:9 Seinfeld is showing you more, not less. The good seasons of the Simpsons are so full of sight gags. The crop (or worse, when the crop consciously pans and scans) totally spoils them.
- sorenjan 5y ago
  > Seinfeld was actually filmed on 16:9 and then cropped to 4:3 for broadcasts in the 90s. So the 16:9 Seinfeld is showing you more, not less. According to this tweet they cropped out the pothole from the episode The Pothole. https://twitter.com/Thatoneguy64/status/1443961536079450117 https://twitter.com/Thatoneguy64/status/1443961536079450117
  - halpert 5y ago
    But you see more of the car. How?
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - rscoots 5y ago
      Edit: never mind, there is a slight difference there. Twitter also annoyingly crops image previews. Car appears to be the same if you click.
    - layer8 5y ago
      I don't know if this is the case for Seinfeld, but TV productions filmed in 16:9 but for 4:3 broadcast didn't always take care that the full 16:9 frame would have adequate content, i.e. no mike booms or non-stage items visible, and therefore later 16:9 versions had to be zoomed in by some factor; still wider than the 4:3, but reduced in the vertical.
      - heywire 5y ago
        I want to say it was either 24 or Heroes that had some scenes where you could see things like this in the widescreen release
      - lfowles 5y ago
        Definitely remember this being the case for Buffy on DVD.
beached_whale 5y ago
Thanks! I did not notice that in the past

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salamandersauce 5y ago

Disney+ has both versions, there's a setting to tick to change it. Fox previously did this change and IIRC these might be the HD versions they sold on iTunes and other places for seasons prior to the simpsons going widescreen as well.

rscoots 5y ago

This has always really mystified me. So many 4:3 shows are rendered unwatchable by these companies, most of which fancy themselves as having a cutting-edge tech stack. You’re telling me no one at Netflix can build a toggle option allowing the user to select the aspect ratio?

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