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Originally Posted by trebor8273  Babylon 5 remastered complete series off itunes.
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Anyone know why it's 4:3 ration now and not 16.19 like dvd? |
From DVD Compare, about the first season:
General Note:
Because the Babylon 5 visual-effects shots were archived as 4:3 NTSC and the purely live-action shots were archived as High-Definition, there is a noticeable drop in quality whenever a shot containing CGI occurs (since the 4:3 NTSC image had to be blown up to fill and cropped to fill the 1.78:1 DVD). This drop in quality is much worse on PAL DVDs (were the shots had to be then transformed to PAL).
Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Babylon 5: Season 1 (TV) (1993)
I think that means the only way to have a high definition picture is to use the same aspect ratio as the visual effects.