changing the ratio of a simpsons episode? doh/duh

It's actually much better for your tapes if you DON'T rewind them after watching because all the elements are warm and a played tape is wound more smoothly than what rewinding will do. Just leave them as they are and wait until you want to watch them again to rewind them.

Excellent video, I would've loved to have seen a comparison between the Disney+ remasters and Blu-Ray seasons of the show (13-17, 20). Imo the golden age is Seasons 1-9, the silver age is 10-20 and the rest is pretty much skippable with a few hidden gems scattered throughout.

For those confused about the resolutions quoted in this video, Australian analog television was broadcast in the PAL system, which used 720 vertical lines of resolution, which a capture card would capture as 720x576. As another comment noted, the American NTSC system had 480 vertical lines of resolution.

first video and already doing 30k views, this is great

People having issue with the black bars besides a 4:3 image, don't deserve anything with a screen, period.

Bruh - 1 vid?!??!?!

At least is not that bad like seinfield on netflix XD

This is a really really great video mate! I'm from Melbourne but yes very much share the 6 o'clock on channel 10 nostalgia haha

They should just get creative with older shows shot in that aspect ratio ... Be easy with the Simpsons older episodes. Just fill the black space with their tv with the dials and stuff..

Omg we're now at a point where they pan and scan 4:3 media to make it widescreen. It used to only be the other way around! I guess it's at least better than using some AI model to fill in the black bars

are you the face behind Artisan Makes?

Full screen vs Wide screen it sounds like it. I prefer wide screen. How I feel about today's The Simpsons is how I feel about today's SpongeBob. I binge-watched The Simpsons on this one site from Switzerland and made it to season 25 and then completely just lost interest in tuning in to new episodes. SpongeBob didn't have that. I watched this one KZbinr and write down episodes that looked interesting and creative. Like the Simpsons, some hit and / or miss but mostly miss concerning modern-day SpongeBob.

One thing I wish would be addressed in the earlier seasons is the color. I understand some things are gonna look wonky when switching from analog to digital, but those early episodes need color correction BADLY.

During the physical cel animation era, they didn't physically ink onto cels, they would xerox drawings from paper onto acetate sheets, so the inking process was automated.

They did the same to Buffy the Vampire Slayer too, didn't even colour correct it. And after a certain point they just started just upscaling everything autotmatically through a computer. And it looks objectively bad. Shots that shouldn't be zoomed in are now zoomed in and it takes away from the shot's intention. And all just to force it into widescreen, and in the instances they have opened the shots from the footage instead of zooming and cropping, they've made it so you can see where sets end, camera and sound crew very clearly in frame, they've lightened it up to such a degree that night shots look like daytime and once again the lightness has made it so you can see crew, and equipment, and set endings, that were previously hidden by shadow. My personal view when it comes to Remasters of older media, is either be willing to invest the expenses you know it's going to require and do it properly or just leave it alone. If they absolutely must have it in widescreen then spend the money it's going to require to do it properly. And there's even less excuse to be doing this with animation. I know it isn't a simple process by any means, but it's allot easier to remaster animation than it is live-action content. And while the Simpson's is hit and miss these days (i haven't watched an episode in years) it is still popular enough that there is zero justifiable excuse to not spend money making sure it will fit the widescreen without the need to zoom/crop it. And the worst part is, unless you get the DVD's (which i do) then these shoddy remasters are the ONLY option. Like when Buffy airs on TV now it is ONLY the Remastered version, when you watch Buffy on Disney+ it is ONLY the shoddy remaster. The original version should always be left available as an option, and we should 100000% support every avenue where the original version is still available. (E.g. older DVD releases.) Basically vote with our wallets. If we want the original versions to be preserved, or if we want them to put the effort in to Remaster them properly without the cropping/zooming, then that is the only way we can do it. Because these companies aren't going to listen to people bitching online about it, especially if people just go and watch these crappy Remasters after the fact anyway. because streaming is more convenient than popping in a DVD.

"WORSE than you Think" why how bad did I think it was?

9:28 increased sharpness kills the vibe also :)

8:10 digital animation killed the vibe for me

Wow...bro just rewindeded the tape without turning it off risking damaging the tape smh unbelievable

This is a really well made first video I find it really funny that us as a community bullied Disney into adding a toggle for original aspect

high quality video. you deserve more subscribers

You mention prefering cell animation to digital animation, and giving the example of smoother movement, but I wanna mention that cell has nothing to do with that--it's more a matter of animation direction varying depending on the decade for TV animation. There's no reason Marge's hair couldn't animate as well as it used to on digital frames.

The only time converting 4:3 to 16:9 is acceptable is when they go through the time, money and effort to add extra content to the sides. If changing the aspect ratio of content cuts out part of that content, I'd just rather watch it in the original aspect ratio with black bars

bruh i watched 4 whole seasons and only found out about this now

I was not aware of the 4:3 toggle option! That's gonna make my binge watching so much better!

I hate when it shows change the aspect ratio of older episodes that were originally in 3:4. Also Disney should make the original aspect ratio the default one their content

Wait, you have an issue with letterboxed images? Weak shit. You'd rather jokes on the outer edges are lost because "It LoOkS bEtTeR" come onnnnnnnn

It doesn’t stop me from watching them

It drives me nuts that so many old 4:3 shows are "remastered" into 16:9 by cropping the top and bottom of the screen off and zooming the image in. What's even worse is that there are actually people out there who prefer the cropped/zoomed in versions. I hate that we have to cater to these types of people, especially considering just about every single widescreen TV ever produced has a built-in option to manually zoom in a 4:3 image into a 16:9 frame. I'd much prefer to have the option to watch it in the correct aspect ratio, and then giving people who want to ruin the framing the option to do so on their own individual TV instead of forcing everyone to see the much worse zoomed in version. I'm so glad that Disney+ actually added an option to watch The Simpsons in the correct aspect ratio when just about *no one* else would offer such a thing. I've recently been rewatching all of the Dragon Ball series again and it's so jarring to go from the proper 4:3 original Dragon Ball to the horribly cropped and zoomed in 16:9 Dragon Ball Z where everything constantly feels too close and a lot of cool details are just out of frame. Sometimes I'll Switch it back to the Japanese audio during a cool fight just because it actually switches it back to the normal 4:3 aspect ratio if you're watching DBZ on streaming. The image is noticeably blurrier, but you can see *so much more* in the frame.

The Simpsons wasn't the only show to get this treatment Some disney cartoons like Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Goof Troop got the same treatment and i hate it, same thing happened to Seinfeld on Netflix

At least they didn't reanimated them like the 1968 Redrawn Looney Tunes and the Popeye ones in 1986

Thanks, i didn't know I had the option to toogle the aspect ratio, time to rewatch the first 6 seasons again.

As if you couldn't get Australian enough, the outrage about the Ween poster gave it away. 😂

16:9 zoom is better for broadcast, 4:3 pillarboxed is better for streaming/home release.

We had a tape rewinder because the VCR would trash tapes when rewinding.

But the worst thing, no Stark Raving Dad. Unforgivable.

I can’t believe you only have one video and 320 subs! This video is rly good

Just a reminder that the first episode of season 3 isn't streaming and is stuck to the dvd

The Simpsons Ages: my observed breakdown: Stone Age: 1-2 Golden Age: 3-8 Silver Age: 9-14 Bronze Age: 15-30 Silicon Age: 31 - Present Because there seems to be a general consensus on when the quality declines, I would argue the silver age begins in season 9 and ends in 14 when rating began to decline after that season. There is a general trend of viewership loss with season 15 onward: this would suggest that the show is not as pop culturally significant (and potentially not as well received) and previous seasons. Ratings are not equivalent to quality, but for an iconic show like The Simpsons, rating falling would indicate that something went wrong from a quality perspective. With season 31, the show has gained some new life and appears to be entering a new age of quality. If you have dropped off after the Silver Age, you may be pleasantly surprised by the new episodes.

The problem with the remastered editions is that it's zoomed in and you end up missing the visual gags in some shots. Good example of this is the Duff factory tour with the Duff, Duff Lite and Duff Dry gag. Shame.

It's crazy how long the Simpsons were doing cell animation for, counting digital colouring, like I forgot how old the Simpsons is bro

Thank you dirtman 🫡

4:3 in 480i is 640x480, the 720 you included is a DVD compression limitation because DVDs have 720 vertical lines so it can be easily converted into widescreen with an applied DAR or SAR. They could have implemented an illusion of widescreen by extending the frame with a blurry background, after all the reason for the crop is to prevent LED screen burn in complaints from customers anyway, at least professionally. On KZbin people crop 4:3 into 16:9 because they have no idea what they are doing and are copying other people who don't know what they are doing.

I'm glad that we can still watch the Simpsons in it's original aspect ration on Disney+! Best feature on the platform by far ahaha.

Viacom also did that to SpongeBob, but I think they also stretched it a little and cut a little kett. Still feels extremely zoomed in.

Great video. The Simpsons animation cels were shot on 35mm (not 16mm). The remasters for the early seasons were done the 2000s. Yes, they were done from the original 35mm negatives or print elements, but they were only scanned into 1080p HD. No upscaling was used or needed since this was 35mm and not SD videotape sources. There was colour grading, animation fixes and cropping (as you pointed out). They missed out on 4K by a few years, it was around in cinemas, but not widely in the home, which is a shame because a series that important deserves a new 4K scan.

This is really well made for a first video. Subscribed.

Great content! I look forward to more

Adore your vhs opening, so amazing!