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[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Another thought: Cropping a film from 1.85 to 1.78...what's the big deal? You're losing 0.07 of the frame, unless the picture is being opened up for 1.78. Why do movie nerds on internet forums carry on about this minor fact like someone's nicked their balls with a rusty razor and then rubbed the open cut with half a lemon? I am guessing some folks have no lives...

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I understand the purist mentality that causes people to gripe about things like that, but personally, the 1.78.1 to 1.85.1 shift doesn't bug me.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

...the 1.78.1 to 1.85.1 shift doesn't bug me.

Doesn't bug me either, as it's literally a sliver of onscreen information lost/gained. But as I noted, some people on movie-nerd forums act like it's the end of the world. Tossers...

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

I think that if cropping to 1.78:1, the new "fullscreen" is accepted as the norm, that will get out of hand, though it's certainly no pan and scan. I hear what you're saying though...my TV essentially displays 1.78 and 1.85 the same way, thanks to the overscan....not a huge deal for me.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

With other aspect ratios it's obviously a much bigger deal, but since 1.78.1 and 1.85.1 are so close, I don't find it all that noticeable.

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

I probably wouldn't even notice it. Not sure if I ever have.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

I'm like Mark -- overscan on the HDTV means they both look the same, so it's not an issue...and certainly not noticeable. But as I said, from reading a few tech-heavy (as well as know-it-all) forums about the interwebs, some people seem to treat the matter like some kind of crime against humanity. It's amazing how much shit some people talk when they're bored...