The "Incorrect Aspect Ratio" Thread

[tbdave]

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Ladyhawke (OAR: 2.40:1, Vudu: Pillarboxed on all four sides, doesn't fill screen)

[ddd64]

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Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom seem to be fixed in HDX!

[tbdave]

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Thank you for creating this thread and updating it. We appreciated all the hard work you've put into it. I've checked it countless times.

+1

This is the most valuable thread in the entire forum. Thanks prkprkprk for keeping it updated.

[wolverine2k3]

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Just to let everyone know, I just updated the list with your contributions. I apologize that it takes forever for me to get around to getting the list up-to-date, I'm afraid I'm just really busy nowadays. Hard to believe this list was first made almost exactly 4 years ago. You guys have been super helpful over this period of time, thank you so much.

Alas, it is also unfortunate that only a handful of the titles have actually been fixed over these 4 years. This aspect ratio problem is really one of the few big flaws to using Vudu over a Blu-ray or DVD.

Thank you for creating this thread and updating it. We appreciated all the hard work you've put into it. I've checked it countless times.

[prkprkprk]

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Just to let everyone know, I just updated the list with your contributions. I apologize that it takes forever for me to get around to getting the list up-to-date, I'm afraid I'm just really busy nowadays. Hard to believe this list was first made almost exactly 4 years ago. You guys have been super helpful over this period of time, thank you so much.

Alas, it is also unfortunate that only a handful of the titles have actually been fixed over these 4 years. This aspect ratio problem is really one of the few big flaws to using Vudu over a Blu-ray or DVD.

[Allensfilm]

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Also DIE HARD 2, In the Line of Fire The Abyss & Demolition Man need to be fixed BADLY.....

[Allensfilm]

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It's about time they corrected Planet of the Apes!
It was wrong for a very long time.
I wish they would fix Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom & mad max movies..... There is no excuse for this mess...

[Davidmp]

Checked List to Mine - Some Corrections -

First thanks for the Thread. I wish I found this thread before spending 100's on VUDU adding my Discs via D to D. I just added "The Devil's Advocate" and started to watch it on VUDU and noticed intermediately it was cropped! I went back to my DVD version of the film which looked so much better than the supposed VUDU HDX cropped version. When I found this I started to look for information on AR and VUDU. I found this thread and now see many of the movies I have added to VUDU are not in the proper AR! This is unacceptable. I will NEVER watch a movie if it is cropped and not the OAR. This means I will continue to only watch my Discs. I have over 500 movies on VUDU now and was continuing to add more when I found this. Now I will have to check all my movies!

So far I have confirmed the following VUDU HDX movies are the wrong aspect ratio.

Demolition Man
Ben-Hur - Correct for beginning then goes Pan and Scan - Really
The Devil's Advocate
Soldier
The Last Boy Scott
300
Absolute Power
Drive
Die Hard 2
Green Lantern (Theatrical Cut) Also noticed my Extended Version Did Not Get Uploaded as Such
Resident Evil: Retribution - Correct AR through Credits
Unknown

A date of the last check added to the list might be useful so we know how long movies have been on this list.

Movies checked which seem to be corrected:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) Checked due to 3D version being listed.
Congo
The Conspiracy Theory - HDX Correct Confirmed
Planet of the Apes - 2001 - HDX version Correct Confirmed
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 - (Extended Version)- HDX Version Confirmed Correct - Guessing this matches to the Robin Hood (1991) on the list.
Lethal Weapon 3 - HDX Confirmed correct
Last Action Hero - HDX Confirmed correct
The Fifth Element - HDX Confirmed correct

Hope this helps.

[ravenscope]

vudu please give us OAR and we will give you our MONEY

Agreed! I feel like I'm wearing blinders...

the butchered Cristine made me stop by buying and turn to this forum
previously stopped patronizing Amazon and now vudu after spending over 100 a week! I have found Google play you tube doing a better job but I've only been stream buying a few months ...
VUDO! IF U WANT MY MONEY GIVE ME ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO!!!!

[ravenscope]

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I just bought the Indiana Jones package in HDX, found that Raiders was incorrect, and found this thread detailing the problem. It's too bad it has been a whole month since the Vudu representative said the problem was being fixed, and nothing has changed even for such a high-profile set of films. I felt like moving from physical media to streaming was going to be a step forward, but it seems now like a step back. Hopefully all of these titles are fixed soon.

I agree that a move forward is necessary in regards to OAR ... I have seen this battle in every way films are show over countless decades and voice of purists IS heard and responded to
money talks I spend hundred in a few weeks and stopped when I saw too many wrong aspects ...

[ravenscope]

Re: The "Incorrect Aspect Ratio" Thread ... thank you and let's bring awareness here

thank you to prk and all involved ... I'm new to streaming and love it but hate wrong aspects ... I want to help and anyone may contact me ... I used to contribute to dvdbeaver and own over 50,000 DVDs and Blu-ray ... I believe in the present and future of streaming and the hosts must be educated to the desires of the audience .... I was beginning to buy many films but stopped when I realized the danger of being ripped off too many times by radical deviations from the OAR ... some cropping is understandable perhaps but they must realise the original aspect means more sales by save collectors who will be the most active buyers ...
btw I believe Google play/youtube does a much better job as far as I've seen in the few months I've been buying and Amazon is bad
I wish the hosts like VUDU etc would list the ratio ASAP
THANKS please feel free to contact me for anything

[MoviesPresumably]

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The aspect ratio for Bridget Jones Baby is incorrect. The OAR is 2:35 to 1, Vudu's version is 1:78 to 1.

[digihed]

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I got this on the pilot episode, but I was watching it on my new smasung smart tv, when I changed to my Xbox, it went to the normal 4:3 that it should be. It wasn't stretched, it was zoomed in, I'm looking for the settings on this tv to see if I can find the one that caused that

The first two episodes of Quantum Leap Season 1, Genesis Part 1 and Part 2 are both zoomed in at 16:9 instead of 4:3 ratio. They play this way on every device I have tried including a Roku 3, a Tivo Roamio Pro, an iPhone 6s Plus and through the web. It appears these two episodes are the only ones formatted incorrectly.

It would be great if someone could look into this and fix these episodes. As far as I know these episodes are formatted correctly on every other streaming service.

[Jerry8169]

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I got this on the pilot episode, but I was watching it on my new smasung smart tv, when I changed to my Xbox, it went to the normal 4:3 that it should be. It wasn't stretched, it was zoomed in, I'm looking for the settings on this tv to see if I can find the one that caused that

[mjmbond]

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I own this series and played multiple episodes, they all were shown in 4x3. Could you state which episode you tried that was widescreen.

I think he's saying it's 4:3 stretched to 16:9