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[–] [email protected] 124 points 10 months ago (6 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

"it's a strange game. The only way to win is not to play."

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You shoukd consider cancelling prime, bezos doesn't need more moneys ^^

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's super tempting honestly. Idk that it benefits is at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Honestly... We spend $35 or so if we order from them.. so idk that it's saving us anything.

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Stargate was 4:3, so there's that....

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Yeah I really doubt streaming would change anything to 4:3.

Disney+ famously changed classic Simpsons to 16:9 and in the process, cropped enough to make some visual gags not work, but I can't imagine them preferring 4:3 over 16:9.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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..

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

SG1 was shot in 4:3 until like season 8 or so.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's not always a good thing. If it was meant to be 4:3 the extra space on the frame can have set rigging, lights, microphone booms, and in case of stunts even crash pads.

It's one of the reasons the HD rescan of Buffy:TVS sucks. That still needs a proper 4:3 HD remaster.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

SG-1 was meant to be seen in 16:9

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's what I'm watching right now too! I rewatch every year or two.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Such a great universe! :)