HONEYMOONER (BBC 1) and NEVADA SMITH (ITV 4) also screened OAR on TV last night. I missed THE ROAD on BBC 2, so not sure if that was cropped or not. Anyone out there know for sure?

I don't know if it was broadcast OAR, but it's up on the iPlayer OAR...

It was OAR.

Ta very glad.

Don't recall if THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER has been screened by C4 before, but it went out OAR this afternoon, possibly for the very first time on terrestrial TV.

What's that I was saying earlier about Lionsgate not always being reliable when it comes to OAR presentations on TV and home video?...

Just watched my recording of PRIDE, which premiered on Film 4 a couple of weeks ago, and it was cropped/reframed (take your pick) to buggery. I liked the film enough to order the DVD, which I suspect may be equally cropped, though we'll see when it arrives. Online reviews confirm the US DVD is OAR.

(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (8 - 14 June):


Saturday (8 June)

• An American Haunting (5 USA)
• Damn the Defiant! [HMS Defiant] (Film 4)
• The Ghost (C4)
• Guns of the Magnificent Seven (5 USA)
• A Knight's Tale (Film 4)
• The Rock (BBC 1)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (Film 4)
• Superman (5 USA)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (ITV 2)
• Transporter 3 [Le Transporteur 3] (E4)
• Westworld (BBC 1)


Sunday (9 June)

• 3:10 to Yuma (C5)
• Appaloosa
• Changing Lanes (Film 4)
• City of Ember (Film 4)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (C5)
• The Jewel of the Nile (Film 4)
• Law Abiding Citizen (C4)
• Little Buddha (Movie Mix)
• Lonely Are the Brave (ITV 4)
• Man of the Year (BBC 1)
• The Next Three Days (C5)
• The Wedding Planner (E4)


Monday (10 June)

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (ITV 4)
• Coyote Ugly (ITV 2)
• Don't Worry About Me (BBC 1)
• Drive Angry (5 USA) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• Kiss the Girls (Film 4)
• Talk to Her [Hable con Ella] (Film 4)
• Wild Things (Movie Mix)


Tuesday (11 June)

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (ITV 4)
• AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Film 4)
• The Brave One (Film 4)
• City of Ember (Film 4)
• Gunman's Walk (Film 4)
• Jersey Girl (BBC 1)
• S.W.A.T. (5 USA)
• The Warlords [投名狀] (Film 4)


Wednesday (12 June)

• The Book of Eli (5*)
• Con Air (BBC 3)
• Gun Fury (Film 4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• Hairspray (E4)
• Rendition (More 4)
• Rollerball (Movie Mix)
• Runaway Jury (Film 4)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (C4)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (Film 4)
• Storm Over the Nile (Film 4)


Thursday (13 June)

• Blue Thunder (Movie Mix)
• The Bravados (Film 4)
• Kidnapped (More 4)
• A Knight's Tale (Film 4)
• Raw Deal (ITV 4)
• Street Kings (Film 4)
• Supercop [Police Story III - Super Cop] [警察故事III超級警察] (Movie Mix)
• Unstoppable (Film 4)


Friday (14 June)

• American Pie: The Wedding [American Wedding] (ITV 2)
• Ghost Busters (5*)
• The Jewel of the Nile (Film 4)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)
• Snakes on a Plane (Film 4)
• Transporter 3 [Le Transporteur 3] (E4)
• Unforgiven (5 USA)

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME and THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY AN INCREDIBLY LONG MOVIE TITLE both played OAR the other night. Anyone know if 3:10 TO YUMA and/or THE NEXT THREE DAYS played the same way?

STORM OVER THE NILE currently showing cropped from CinemaScope to 16:9 on Film Four.

Answering my own question: THE NEXT THREE DAYS was OAR, while 3:10 TO YUMA was not.

Surprised to see THE BOOK OF ELI showing OAR on 5*. Didn't that premiere on C5 in cropped/reframed format?

Even the ads for The Next 3 Days were in 2.35:1 on Channel 5, so would have been a surprise if the film was not!

That's true, but stranger things have been known to happen!

(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

* = May not be screened in all areas (check your local listings).

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (15 - 21 June):


Saturday (15 June)

• 2 Fast 2 Furious (ITV 2)
• Buried (ITV 4)
• Cellular (Film 4)
• Con Air (BBC 3)
• Date Night (C4)
• Despicable Me (ITV 1) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• Devil (Film 4)
• DragonHeart (ITV 2)
• Ghost Busters (5*)
• Happy Feet (ITV 1)
• Hitman (E4)
• Kingpin (C4)
• King Solomon's Mines (More 4)
• No Strings Attached (BBC 1)
• Pride (Film 4)
• Raw Deal (ITV 4)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)
• Skeletons (BBC 2)
• Superman (5 USA)
• Superman II (5 USA)


Sunday (16 June)

• The Appaloosa (ITV 4)
• Around the World in 80 Days (C5)
• Coraline (Film 4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• The Devil's Own (Movie Mix)
• DragonHeart (ITV 2)
• Escape to Victory [Victory] (ITV 4)
• Frozen (Film 4)
• Hairspray (E4)
• My Afternoons With Marguerite [Le Tête en Friche] (BBC 4)
• Star Trek: Generations (Film 4)
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (ITV 2)
• St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (C4)
• The Three Musketeers (C4)
• Valhalla Rising (BBC 2)


Monday (17 June)

• American Pie: The Wedding [American Wedding] (ITV 2)
• Big Nothing (Film 4)
• The Book of Eli (5*)
• The Bravados (Film 4)
• Die Hard (Film 4)
• In Too Deep (Movie Mix)


Tuesday (18 June)

• 27 Dresses (Film 4)
• Copycat (Film 4)
• Lord of War (5 USA)
• Multiplicity (Movie Mix)
• The Producers (Movie Mix)
• Rollerball (Movie Mix)
• Storm Over the Nile (Film 4)
• Unforgiven (5 USA)


Wednesday (19 June)

• 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (More 4) [2.55:1]
• Buried (ITV 4)
• Devil (Film 4)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (5*)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)
• Unstoppable (Film 4)


Thursday (20 June)

• D.A.R.Y.L. (Movie Mix)
• Inglourious Basterds (Film 4)
• Jaws III [Jaws 3-D] (ITV 4) [3-D]
• Mongol (BBC 4)
• The Reef (Film 4)


Friday (21 June)

• 2 Fast 2 Furious (ITV 2)
• The Bone Collector (5*)
• The Deer Hunter (ITV 1)*
• Escape to Victory [Victory] (ITV 1)*
• Fight Club (Film 4)
• Flash Point [導火線] (Film 4)
• Hitman (E4)
• King Solomon's Mines (More 4)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (ITV 4)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (5 USA)
• Panic Room (Film 4)
• The Shipping News (BBC 2)
• Star Trek: Generations (Film 4)

I was sure I'd seen a clip of this in 2.35:1 at some point when I was looking at new TVs last year, and one of them w as showing this film.

BTW, while IMDB says 1.85:1, there's something else I'd like to ask. When a film format says 2K, does that mean twice usual HD resolution? I ask because 4K is quoted as being four times usual HD resolution, so that may sound like I've answered my own question, but is 2K really enough for a big cinema screen?

Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)

All that said, ITV's transfer looks slightly less at 16:9, but on my plasma TV, in both HD and SD there's a very slight border all the way round. Less than the difference you'd get between 16:9 and 1.85:1, if you were just looking at the top and bottom, for example, but a slight windowboxing, nonetheless.

BTW, does anyone know if ITV HD on Sky has films in DD5.1? I know they don't on Freeview.

Same question for C5 HD (although I know there's no Freeview option for that HD channel)

2K is 2048 x 1080 pixels, which is slightly wider than but the same height as HD television and Blu-ray resolution, which is 1920 x 1080. This is because the most common cinema aspect ratio is 1.85:1, and widescreen TV is 1.78:1 (16:9).

4K is 4096 x 2160, i.e. twice as wide and twice as high, or four times the size, as 2K.

Just to confuse everyone, cinema digital resolutions refer to the pixel width (2K, 4K) while TV ones refer to the height (1080p, 1080i, 720p and 576i which is SD PAL).

The ITV HD feed is the same on Freeview and Sky.

But if the PS4 has 4K support, is that referring to the cinema's idea of 4K?

And if a film is shot in 2K, does that mean it's basically the same as 1080p at home?


Ta for the info. Anyone know about C5 HD, please?

The DVD version of PRIDE was, indeed, cropped/reframed to 16:9 (the US version is 2.39:1).

The version of BURIED which premiered on ITV 4 last night was the same cropped/reframed version currently available on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK.

Meanwhile, NO STRINGS ATTACHED was OAR on BBC 1, though I haven't checked my recording of SKELETONS (BBC 2) to see if that was OAR, too.

SKELETONS was, indeed, OAR.

I would guess so, but I don't know anything about the PS4. I would wonder if there is any 4K material to play on it, and I'd also imagine 4K televisions and broadcasting are a long way off. Even the 90-inch TV set that Sharp have just launched only goes up to 1080p.

4K cinemas are in the majority compared to 2K, though I believe the Vue chain have fitted out their screens with 4K projectors.

There are still films being made in 1080p;or 2K, and yes they would be the same resolution or slightly wider than you get at home. The most common digital cinema cameras these days are the Arri Alexa (2.8K) and the Red range - the Red One is 4K and the Red Epic goes up to 5K.

It's definitely just starting out, when it comes to content for the home, but I think Sharp's TV is ridiculous given that LG already have an 84inch TV that can do 4K.


Thanks for the info. I'm feeling rather cheated that the cinema image has the same resolution as the TV.

Most Cineworlds have gone 4K now as well. They used to tell on their website, but they changed the design and the feature was removed.

Sorry, that should have said "minority" not "majority".

I wasn't aware of the Cineworlds: I have one here in Aldershot. I did a quick search but couldn't find if that was 4K or 2K.

You should see the one in Stockport. Looks so run-down, I doubt they've even progressed beyond Dolby Stereo!

its interesting seeing all the different formats, but im just wondering what is the 2k or 4k equivalent for 2.4:1 or scope format?

Better late than never!!

(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

* = May not be screened in all areas (check your local listings).

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (22 - 28 June):


Saturday (22 June)

• The Appaloosa (ITV 4)
• Arlington Road (BBC 1)
• Bedazzled (Film 4)
• Calendar Girls (BBC 2)
• Coraline (Film 4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• D.A.R.Y.L. (Movie Mix)
• Die Hard (Film 4)
• Escape From New York (ITV 4)
• Escape to Victory [Victory] (ITV 4)
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (ITV 2)
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (ITV 2)
• Layhawke (Film 4)
• Lord of War (5 USA)
• Multiplicity (Movie Mix)
• Oldboy [올드보이] (Film 4)
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (ITV 2)
• Superman III (5 USA)
• Superman II (5 USA)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (ITV 1)*


Sunday (23 June)

• 17 Again (C4)
• 27 Dresses (Film 4)
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Film 4)
• Arthur and the Invisibles [Arthur et les Minimoys] (C5)
• The Business (C5)
• Dead Calm (ITV 3)
• Die Hard 2 (Film 4)
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (ITV 2)
• Gunfight at Comanche Creek (5 USA)
• Hero [英雄] (C4)
• Joy Ride (Film 4)
• Mars Attacks! (ITV 4)
• Matilda (Movie Mix)
• Multiplicity (Movie Mix)
• The Producers (Movie Mix)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (ITV 2)
• Stormbreaker (C4)
• Whiteout (C4)
• Wimbledon (C5)


Monday (24 June)

• 300 (ITV 2)
• 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (More 4) [2.55:1]
• Jaws III [Jaws 3-D] (ITV 4) [3-D]
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (C4)
• Limitless (Film 4)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (5*)
• Murphy's War (Film 4)
• The Remains of the Day (Film 4)
• Street Fighter (Movie Mix)


Tuesday (25 June)

• Comanche Station (Film 4)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (More 4)
• The Expendables (5 USA)
• Inglourious Basterds (Film 4)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (5 USA)
• Rooster Cogburn (C4)
• Sleuth (Film 4)
• Stardust (Film 4)


Wednesday (26 June)

• Bedazzled (Film 4)
• Blood Alley (C4) [2.55:1]
• The Burning Plain (Film 4)
• Elektra (5*)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (ITV 4)
• The Rock (BBC 3)
• Street Fighter (Movie Mix)
• Unknown (Film 4)
• Wah-Wah (BBC 1)


Thursday (27 June)

• Avalanche Express (Film 4)
• Cliffhanger (ITV 4)
• Ladyhawke (Film 4)
• Mars Attacks! (ITV 4)
• Merry Christmas [Joyeux Noël] (Film 4)
• The Square (Film 4)
• Thunderbolt [霹靂火] (Movie Mix)


Friday (28 June)

• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Film 4)
• Dead Calm (ITV 3)
• Die Hard 2 (Film 4)
• Escape From New York (ITV 4)
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (ITV 2)
• Murphy's War (Film 4)
• Spider-Man 3 (5*)
• The Virgin Queen (Film 4) [2.55:1]