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Isn't it just the content providers sending altered movies?
by atwebb 13y ago
Isn't it just the content providers sending altered movies?
- bhouston 13y agoIt most likely the content providers sending Netflix these alterned movies is as it is way too much work for Netflix to do this cropping themselves. I think it is customary for every film to have a "pan and scan" version created by the studios/content providers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-and-scan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-and-scan Now, Netflix may be at fault for purposely not requesting letterboxed formats, and opting for the cropped 16:9 versions.
- baddox 13y agoTo nitpick, Netflix wouldn't want to request letterboxed formats. They should want the native format, because I'm confident that every video player they support will do the letterboxing for them.
- kevinpet 13y agoThey definitely do not do a good job of checking what formats they're getting. If you watch Star Trek or The Twilight Zone on a 16x9 TV, you'll actually see bars on left and right because it's encoded for 16x9 even though the source is 4x3.
- devindotcom 13y agoThey opted for maximum compatibility. Start licensing one for every screen AR and the fees start piling up.
- etler 13y agoUnfortunately the majority of their users probably don't want the letterbox format because they don't understand what the black bars are for. If they requested both formats to give users the choice it would probably cost them more in licensing.
- jfb 13y agoThere's no reason to deliver video in a 16:9 box if the aspect ratio of the content isn't 16:9, so nobody should be wasting macroblocks on black bars. Which isn't to say that someone won't jam it down your throat.
- undershirt 13y agoWouldn't be the first time. I complained to Netflix about censoring tv shows, and they said the content providers did it, and they had no control. I canceled my service.
- atwebb 13y agoWhat was being censored? I haven't noticed too much but it's probably because many of my first and only viewings are now on Netflix.
- undershirt 13y agoThe tv show "Louie"
- atwebb 13y agoReally? I feel a bit cheated, I only watched it on Netflix (struggled through the first season sometimes).