Re: OT Sky Widescreen Movies

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

Its to save bandwidth there on the limits as it is - one reason it pisses
me
off why they dont broadcast 5.1 on all channels just premium sky
movies.

Kind Regards,
Chris Bond
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Bovingdon" <bov@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ukha_D@Yahoogroups. Com" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT Sky Widescreen Movies


>
> Ok, so I have been getting more and more pissed off with Sky over
their
> widescreen channels no longer showing movies in their true aspect
> ratio, instead cropping them to fit a 16x9 screen.
>
> So I emailed them to ask what the hell was going on. Their reply
pissed
> me off even more. So I'm forwarding it to this group. If anyone feels
as
> strongly about this as I do, can I suggest that you send an email to
both
> editor@xxxxxxx and ViewerR@xxxxxxx to complain also.
>
> I'm now going to look at dropping Sky Movies and simply buy more
> DVD's with the spare money.
>
>
> > Dear Andy
> >
> > Thank you for your e-mail about Sky Movies Widescreen.
> >
> > I note your comments contained in your e-mail and regret to learn
of
your
> > disappointment.  There is a great deal of misinformation
about
widescreen
> > and I thought I should clarify exactly what we are doing.
Widescreen
means
> > that a film is in a 16.9 format for a widescreen TV set. This
means that
> > films originally shot in a wider format eg 2.35:1 will be shown
in a
> > suitable format for 16:9. This gives viewers greater width than
they see
> on
> > a standard 4:3 TV set but the film will have been panned and
scanned to
> pick
> > up any relevant action which might have fallen outside the
centre
screen.
> >
> > On our widescreen channels we show films in a 16:9 format which
will
> provide
> > the full height and a wider picture. We do not show or advertise
that we
> > show films in their original cinema aspect ratio because we do
not show
> > 'letterboxed' widescreen versions. There may be some occasions in
the
> future
> > when we may do this but we also have to consider how these films
would
> look
> > to a customer watching on a 4:3 set as the picture would be tiny.
Many
> films
> > fall within the 16:9 range (ie being 1.75 or 1.85) and it is only
scoped
> > films in 2.1:1 or wider which need to be panned and scanned.
> >
> > I hope you will continue to use the service as you will certainly
see
more
> > of the original picture than you will on a 4:3 screen but in the
case of
> > 2.10:1 or 2.35:1 'scoped' pictures there will be some panning
and
> > scanning.
> >
> > Thank you for your continued interest in Sky.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Keith Dixon
> > Viewer Relations
>
>
>
>
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