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Why the obsession with widescreen, some of you might well be asking.



My CW affiliate crops the picture to what is commonly called "full screen." So that

This:



gets cropped to this:



I kind of figured this:



Was supposed to look something like this:



But the first time I saw this:



It took me a moment to realize that Ruby was still there:



This is why I feel like I'm only watching half the episode when I see it on our CW affiliate. And why I hesitate to make any statements or observations until I've seen the whole picture. (Castiel, as a "big picture" kind of guy, knows what I'm talkin' 'bout, I'm sure.)

Incidentally, that first set of pics? I didn't even notice the toilet when I was watching the show. I was far too focused on what I could see of Sam, trying to make what I could out of the half of Sam's expressions that I did have, and cursing the fact that I knewknewKNEW I was missing something.

So there you have it. And believe me, I've wanted to do my write-up of 4.12. And I'm sure I'll want to do 4.13 even worse. But I can't. Not until I've seen the big picture. Which iTunes seems loathe to give me right now.

*grumble, grumble*

Date: 2009-01-28 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarcasticval.livejournal.com
They can...do that? Wow.

Date: 2009-01-28 08:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feliciakw.livejournal.com
Yep. And the CW knows it, too. Notice where the logo is located in all the widescreen shots. It's positioned so that if the show does get aired in full screen, the logo will still be visible.

Grrr . . .

Date: 2009-01-28 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadow-of-doubt.livejournal.com
Wow. That is quite a difference.

Date: 2009-01-28 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feliciakw.livejournal.com
Indeed. 'Tis why I don't really understand when people say they prefer "full screen" to wide screen just because of the black bars across the top and the bottom. Those bars mean you're seeing the whole picture, not that something is getting cut off. Ya know?

Date: 2009-01-28 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalquessa.livejournal.com
Okay, okay! I'll stop making fun of you, I promise! (But you're still an A/V geek, even if this is not an example of your A/V geekness.)

Date: 2009-01-28 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feliciakw.livejournal.com
Actually, this was more me complaining at iTunes lack of win on the upload front.

This also demonstrates how I cannot understand anyone liking "full screen" better than widescreen, considering how much of the picture is lost.

And if you think I am an A/V geek, you should really talk to Geo. He's got some A/V geek stories to tell. Like how the A/V geeks pretty much ran the school when he was in high school, because the teachers were at their mercy when they had to request A/V equipment.

Date: 2009-01-29 12:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalquessa.livejournal.com
iTunes is indeed made of fail.

I've never really understood preferring fullscreen, either. Widescreen is where it's at. I just didn't know how true that was.

Yes, it always pays to be friends with the A/V geeks because like the computer geeks they go on to pretty much run the world.

Date: 2009-01-29 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leelust.livejournal.com
Oy... they're so profi :(
Dl is not an option for you? I mean not iTunes but, you know, 'usual way'? Cos after they do THAT with your picture you have all rights to dl the ep.

Date: 2009-01-30 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feliciakw.livejournal.com
Well . . . I download it from iTunes. It's also available for download from Amazon, but our DVR box is too outdated to be compatible. The CW website is pretty useless when it comes to playing video, and I don't know where else I would look.

But kimmer1227 is going to make me a copy off her DVR, so it's all good for now.


Date: 2009-02-01 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leelust.livejournal.com
Can you dl from internet? Using coughtorrentscough? Or direct links? I could provide them to you if it's ok for you to dl 350 mb files.

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