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> 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
by 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 agoBut you see more of the car. How?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- rscoots 5y agoEdit: 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 agoI 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 agoI 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 agoDefinitely remember this being the case for Buffy on DVD.
- layer8 5y agoFor Buffy that's only on the R2/R4 DVDs I believe, the R1 DVDs are luckily fully 4:3. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_home_video_releases#Widescreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slay... Unfortunately the streaming HD "remaster" is fully 16:9 and badly adapted, not only regarding cropping, but also colors and editing (just google for "buffy hd").