Post by izon on Mar 23, 2017 19:55:50 GMT
Call me crazy, but I actually don't mind Pan and Scan for the most part. I prefer something closer to the original aspect ratio, but I grew up watching loads of VHS tapes that were Pan and Scan on my old CRT tv. This was long before I was old enough to know that I was watching movies with large sections of the movie missing. I didn't mind standard widescreen (35mm), but I think the anamorphic widescreen releases (70mm) like Ben-Hur are almost unwatchable on VHS IMO, soooo much black bar.
Of course, I would never settle for a modern movie released in Pan and Scan, and if I'm going to buy a DVD/BD it's gotta be the original ratio, but I collect LaserDisc/VHS, and sometimes the Pan and Scan releases are actually better transfers, or have something else unique to that release which is cut from the widescreen version.
Of course, I would never settle for a modern movie released in Pan and Scan, and if I'm going to buy a DVD/BD it's gotta be the original ratio, but I collect LaserDisc/VHS, and sometimes the Pan and Scan releases are actually better transfers, or have something else unique to that release which is cut from the widescreen version.