List of Blu-ray with altered aspect ratios (last update: 2014/03/11)

OAR        BD AR         Title

2.39:1     1.78:1        50 Dead Men Walking
1.33:1     1.78:1        Angel in the Family
2.39:1     1.78:1        Baaria
Variable A/R             Biutiful
2.39:1     1.78:1 cr     Blade (CA)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Bloodrayne (DE)
Variable A/R             Brainstorm
2.39:1     1.85:1        Brooklyn's Finest (CA)
Variable A/R             Brother Bear
2.39:1     1.78:1        Camille
2.39:1     1.78:1        Cellular (CA)
2.39:1     1.78:1 DA     Chronicles of Narnia, The: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1.66:1     1.78:1        Cruel Game
2.39:1     1.78:1        Cursed (Echo Bridge)
Variable A/R             Dark Knight, The
2.39:1     1.78:1        Darkness (Echo Bridge)
2.39:1     1.78:1 cr     Dr. Giggles
2.39:1     1.78:1        Dracula 2000
1.66:1     1.33:1 om     Elena and Her Men (FR)
Variable A/R             Enchanted
2.39:1     1.78:1 om     Equilibrium (CA)
2.39:1     1.78:1 cr     Equilibrium (US, UK)
1.66:1     1.78:1        Excalibur
1.85:1     1.78:1 cr     Faculty, The (CA)
1.75:1     1.66:1        Fox and the Hound, The
1.66:1     1.33:1 om     French Cancan (UK) (FR)
Variable A/R             Galaxy Quest (3 ARs in theaters, 2 ARs in BD)
Variable A/R             Grand Budapest Hotel
1.37:1     1.78:1        Gulliver's Travels (1939)
2.39:1     1.78:1 om     Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (US, CA)
Variable A/R             Hunger Games: Catching Fire 
2.39:1     1.78:1        Icy Killers
2.39:1     1.78:1        Ink
1.33:1     1.78:1        Invisible Man, The: The Complete Series (1975-76)
1.66:1     1.37:1 om     Ladykillers, The (1955)
2.39:1     2.02:1 cr     Last Emperor, The
Variable A/R             Life of Pi
1.85.1     1.33:1 om     Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Lookout, The (Echo Bridge)
1.33:1     1.78:1        Lucky Luke: les Dalton en Cavale (CA)
Variable A/R             Mad Max 2 (a.k.a. The Road Warrior)
1.33:1     1.78:1        Man Who Saved Christmas, The
Variable A/R             Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol (theater)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Money for Nothing
1.85:1     1.67:1        Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Variable A/R             More American Graffiti
2.20:1     2.38:1        My Fair Lady
1.85:1     1.33:1 cr     Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Optimum UK)
1.85:1     1.67:1        Nightmare Before Christmas, The
2.39:1     1.78:1 DA     Once Upon a Time in Mexico
1.66:1     1.33:1 om     One + One / Sympathy for the Devil (UK) (FR)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Outcasts: Season One
2.39:1     1.78:1        Outlander (CA)
Variable A/R             Oz The Great and Powerful 
1.85:1     1.33:1 om     Plan 9 From Outer Space
2.39:1     1.78:1 DA     Planet Terror (Unrated)
1.66:1     1.78:1        Pride & Prejudice (1995)
Variable A/R             Prometheus (IMAX Edition)
1.33:1     1.78:1        Roadracers
2.39:1     1.78:1        Running Scared (CA)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage
Variable A/R             Scott Pilgrim vs The World
2.39:1     1.78:1        Se7en (CA)
1.37:1     1.33:1        Seven Samurai
2.39:1     1.78:1        Shadows and Lies
2.39:1     2.28:1        Shaun of the Dead
Variable A/R             Star Trek - Into Darkness (theater)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Supercop (Echo Bridge)
2.39:1     1.78:1        Sympathy for Delicious (US, CA)
1.33:1     1.78:1 om     That '70s Show: Season 1
Variable A/R             The Amazing Spider-Man (IMAX Edition)
1.37:1     1.78:1        Tintin: The Calculus Affair (CA)
Variable A/R             Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen (IMAX Edition)
Variable A/R             Tron: Legacy
2.39:1     1.78:1        Venom
2.39:1     1.78:1        Versus
1.66:1     1.58:1 om     Virgin Witch
1.66:1     1.78:1        White Christmas
2.39:1     1.78:1        Witches of Oz, The
1.37:1     1.78:1        World at War, The
2.39:1     1.78:1 DA     World’s Fastest Indian, The
2.39:1     1.78:1        Yards, The

Notes:
om = open matte
cr = cropped
DA = Director Approved
Latest additions in bold. DVD will be added only as "exception that proves the rule". NO 1.85:1 to 1.78:1 will be listed. All titles are US releases unless noted otherwise; may be also worldwide valid.

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This took no time at all - editing by picture revealed the laserdisc and BD masters to be an almost perfect match. Hopefully this simply means that the same film print was used, rather than the same video master (17 years apart!)

A couple of points:

This sync is designed for the original 2008 BD release (MPEG-2 video, no excessive DNR). I have no idea how well it will work with the 2010 edition, since I don't own it - if anyone tries it out perhaps they can let the rest of us know!

This laserdisc track was unfortunately mastered to peak at -6dB, so the volume and dynamic range aren't what they could have been. I've resisted the urge to normalise, but your amp/receiver will have to work a little harder. At least it has plenty of punch when you do crank it up

Does anyone have screen cap comparisons of this? I'm interested in knowing if it's worth getting.

Thanks

Anyone have any advice or good tools for removing logos from HDTV broadcasts? There is a project I'd like to do but without getting rid of the station logo, I can't use the footage I have.

About a week ago, when I activated CloudFlare, I was curious to see at which place was Fanres.com on Alexa; it was in a "good" position, about 7,100,000... today I wanted to see if it changed and, surprise surprise... it was around 5,100,000!



Not bad, for a super-niche forum like this! Thanks to everyone!!! Let's write some more posts, let's climb the rank!

Hello good people of this community

Hi everyone !

Hi to all! I'm very happy to be here!

Checking in (some happenings here reminded me to log back in) - I'm Chad, I do Laserdisc-related stuff for a hobby, Linux-related stuff for a living, and I'm a bit of a random tinkerer.

Yet another 'migrating' OT.com member, following all the interesting movie restoration stuff.