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Daniel Kreps<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Seinfeld<\/a><\/em> finally<\/a> arrived on Netflix<\/a> Friday, and while all 180 episodes are now available on the streaming service, some jokes didn’t make the cut, literally.<\/p>

As noted on social media, some of the visual gags from the series have been cropped out due to the series’ now-16:9 aspect ratio that updates the picture for HD televisions, as opposed to its original and boxier 4:3 ratio from when the series first broadcast on TV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

foob<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There’s a great blog post<\/a> by David Simon on the conversion of The Wire from 4:3 to 16:9. It goes into a lot of depth about some of the trade-offs and considerations as well as the lack of communication from HBO. Unfortunately, the video examples don’t seem to work anymore. I can’t help but wonder if HBO sent YouTube a DMCA takedown for David Simon’s clips from the post (or they got taken down automatically). It’s pretty sad if the creator of a show can’t even post short clips from it to illustrate some of the design decisions behind them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

iso1210<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This was the case with Simpsons when it came onto Disney Plus - they took the 4:3 and didn’t just blow it to 14:9, but 16:9 -- throwing away a quarter of the original image.<\/p>

There’s now an option to show the original aspect ratio, I didn’t discover it for a long time though.<\/p>

Amazon prime on my phone blows up 16:9 material too, chopping off the top and bottom to fit the wider aspect ratio, unless you’re careful to ‘zoom out’<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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