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RE: Q on The Wire DVDs. At the stores they're all 4:3, but on the net...

Posted by David Aiken on March 11, 2008 at 23:13:27:
DVD packaging is often quite confusing when it comes to screen aspect, ie the TV screen format for which it is mastered, and film aspect, ie the aspect the film was released in.

I have more than a few discs which are stated to be widescreen on the cover and which display the film in a 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 ratio but which are mastered for display on 4:3 TV screens. In order to view them with the image in the right proportions I need to set my TV for a 4:3 format input. The "widescreen" in the labelling refers to the film aspect but not the screen aspect.

So maybe what is happening is that all of the discs are mastered for 4:3 format screens but some discs have content which is in a wide screen film aspect.

David Aiken