I canceled Prime a year ago, just before their announced price increase, and it’s been great. I sign up for free, month-long trials of Prime on their website a few times a year, and I just accept slower, free shipping the rest of the time.
i’ve watched more than a few shows that have been brutally hacked into wide format from the original 4:3. the practice is horrible. they need to stop pulling that shit and let the viewer decide whether to crop the frame or not–or put a proper pan & scan up instead of a blind hack job and leave the original format available, too.
The version I have looks and sounds so much better than the blurays I have…
Tho like you said better audio, widescreen and I’m fairly certain it’s been ai upscaled as well.
I’d have to go back and look but my physical disks don’t hold a candle…
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.
Right, but the general public only ever saw the broadcast versions, which were predominantly in 4:3. Also, Seinfeld was only shot in 4:3 as it’s a multi cam sitcom. The widescreen version you’ve seen is a crop of the original 4:3 picture.
Depends on how you watched it. The DVDs that were being released were in 16:9. Depending on what country you were in, the DVDs sometimes came out before the later seasons were aired on a channel you could access, if at all.
The fact that other series can be re-released in HD is due the fact they are filmed on actual film, which was the point I was making clear.
Man… Im watching Stargate sg1 with my kiddo. My Plex server is down for a bit… so I switched over to prime for an episode or two…
It’s dark, it’s audio is horrible, it’s 4:3 formatted it’s horribly compressed and it has commercials.
Talk about a poor viewing experience.
Not watching is better than watching…
“it’s a strange game. The only way to win is not to play.”
You shoukd consider cancelling prime, bezos doesn’t need more moneys ^^
That’s super tempting honestly. Idk that it benefits is at this point.
I canceled Prime a year ago, just before their announced price increase, and it’s been great. I sign up for free, month-long trials of Prime on their website a few times a year, and I just accept slower, free shipping the rest of the time.
Honestly… We spend $35 or so if we order from them… so idk that it’s saving us anything.
Thanks!
Stargate was 4:3, so there’s that…
i’ve watched more than a few shows that have been brutally hacked into wide format from the original 4:3. the practice is horrible. they need to stop pulling that shit and let the viewer decide whether to crop the frame or not–or put a proper pan & scan up instead of a blind hack job and leave the original format available, too.
The worst part is that even buying SG1 on Bluray gives a bad experience, because they fucked up the 5.1 audio.
So what did the pirates do? Combined the Bluray video with the better DVD 5.1 audio! Best of both worlds.
Huh I wondered. That makes a lot of sense.
The version I have looks and sounds so much better than the blurays I have… Tho like you said better audio, widescreen and I’m fairly certain it’s been ai upscaled as well. I’d have to go back and look but my physical disks don’t hold a candle…
SG1 was shot in 4:3 until like season 8 or so.
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.
SG1 was shot in film and mastered in 16:9. 16mm in the first 3 seasons, 35mm 3-7, and then they moved to digital HD cameras season 8 onwards.
Many shows from the 90s were [edit: shot on film]. That’s why you can get a widescreen HD release of Seinfeld, among others.
Right, but the general public only ever saw the broadcast versions, which were predominantly in 4:3. Also, Seinfeld was only shot in 4:3 as it’s a multi cam sitcom. The widescreen version you’ve seen is a crop of the original 4:3 picture.
Depends on how you watched it. The DVDs that were being released were in 16:9. Depending on what country you were in, the DVDs sometimes came out before the later seasons were aired on a channel you could access, if at all.
The fact that other series can be re-released in HD is due the fact they are filmed on actual film, which was the point I was making clear.
Wow, TIL.
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That’s what I’m watching right now too! I rewatch every year or two.
Such a great universe! :)